Village Pump and Surrounding Railing

VILLAGE PUMP AND SURROUNDING RAILING, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1101980
Date first listed:
19-Sept-1984
Statutory Address:
VILLAGE PUMP AND SURROUNDING RAILING, HIGH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1101980
Date first listed:
19-Sept-1984
Statutory Address 1:
VILLAGE PUMP AND SURROUNDING RAILING, HIGH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
VILLAGE PUMP AND SURROUNDING RAILING, HIGH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Hunsdon
National Grid Reference:
TL 41804 14143

Details

TL 4114 HUNSDON HIGH STREET (east side) Hunsdon village

7/11 Village Pump and Surrounding - Railing

GV II

Village pump and railings. Early C19 by 'Turner, Dorset Street, Fleet Street, London' (pedimented raised plate on base). Cast iron public pump facing W. About 2 metres high in the form of a stepped octagonal pier with plinth, moulded base, a lower section with a heavily modelled animal headed spout with foliate collar, a taller upper section with lancet sunk panels with sunk spandrels, a moulded cornice and ogee cap. S-shaped cast iron handle on S side has oval terminal with projecting horns. Cast iron railing around contemporary but much reduced in extent. Fluted uprights and spearheads. A fine architectural public pump in the Gothic style. At the centre of the village street in the middle of the Conservation Area.

Listing NGR: TL4180414143

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