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 |
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| 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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