Gillsmans Hill Drinking Fountain
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Location
Street: | Gillsmans Hill |
Town: | St. Leonards on Sea |
Parish: | Hastings |
Council: | Hastings Borough Council |
County: | East Sussex |
Postcode: | TN37 |
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Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | South side of road outside 5 and 6 Chieveley Cottages |
In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
Page: | 126 |
Grid reference: | F5 |
The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
OS Reference: | TQ7910 |
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Makers
Name : | Unknown |
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General Information
Installation date: | 1873 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Hastings Borough Council |
Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
Listing date: | 10/01/2002 |
Description: | Gothic style gabled sandstone structure… with sandstone roof, sandstone coping with kneelers and pointed arch. The interior contains a Medieval style, pink granite lion’s head waterspout discharging spring water into a cantilevered pink granite bowl. The water drains away through cast iron grilles set slightly below the existing floor level. Small niches on each side possibly held drinking vessels. |
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Classification
Categories: | Functional |
Object type1: | Fountain |
Object subtype1: | Drinking Fountain |
Subject type1: | Figurative |
Subject subtype1: | Head |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Lions head and bowl |
Material: | Pink granite |
Part 2: | Structure |
Material: | Sandstone |
Height (cm): | 290 |
Width (cm): | 330 |
Depth (cm): | 129 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Fair |
Risk assessment: | At risk |
Date of on-site inspection: | 23/05/2007 |
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History
Hard archive file: | Yes |
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References
Source 1 : | |
Title: | 'Statues and Memorials in Hastings and St. Leonards' |
Type: | Book |
Author: | Dinsmore, Jennifer. |
Date: | 00/00/1997 |
Page: | 26 |
Publisher: | Hastings Museum and Art Gallery |
Source 2 : | |
Title: | '33rd Ammendment of the 3rd List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest' |
Type: | Archive |
Location: | Hastings Borough Council |
Date: | 10/02/2002 |
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Photographs
Date: 23/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Date: 23/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
Date: 23/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Date: 23/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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