Friars Walk Drinking Fountain
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Location
| Street: | Friars Walk |
| Town: | Lewes |
| Parish: | Lewes |
| Council: | Lewes District Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN7 |
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| Object setting: | Religious |
| and in: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | South of All Saints Church, north side of Friars Walk |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 115 |
| Grid reference: | K5 |
| 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: | TQ4110 |
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Makers
| Name : | Unknown |
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General Information
| Installation date: | 1851 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Lewes Town Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Listing date: | 29/10/2005 |
| Description: | Drinking fountain and pump. Stone pier on stepped pedestal. Stone tiled pyramidal cap with ball-finial, supported corbelling; face of pier cut back in arch around circular plaque. Cast iron pump in neo-Gothic aedicular frame with ogee-arch over. Pump with bowl on column and tap in upper part. |
| Inscription: | ERECTED 1874 BY SUBSCRIPTION Carved into stone underneath plaque: RESTORED IN 1888 In front of fountain, set into the base, metal plaque inscribed button style: RESTORED BY THE FRIENDS OF LEWES 1981 |
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Classification
| Categories: | Functional |
| Object type1: | Fountain |
| Object subtype1: | Drinking Fountain |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Surround |
| Material: | Stone |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
| More details: | Restored 1981 |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 22/05/2007 |
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History
| History: | Sited in 1851 although the stone surround has the date 1874. Tapped the ancient Pinwell Spring that bubbled up by the Friary wall opposite. The wellhead was restored in 1981 by the Friends of Lewes Civic Society.
('Hidden Lewes: an artist's eye for detail') |
| Hard archive file: | No |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | 'Hidden Lewes: an artist's eye for detail' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Van Dyck, Marietta. |
| Date: | 00/00/1998 |
| Page: | 22 |
| Publisher: | Pomegranite Press. Westmeston. |
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Photographs
Date: 22/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 22/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Date: 22/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 22/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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