Memorial Pump and Canopy
MEMORIAL PUMP AND CANOPY, A689
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1144997
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial Pump and Canopy
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL PUMP AND CANOPY, A689
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1144997
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial Pump and Canopy
- Statutory Address 1:
- MEMORIAL PUMP AND CANOPY, A689
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL PUMP AND CANOPY, A689
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Alston Moor
- National Grid Reference:
- NY7814443724
Details
NY 74 SE
7/35
ALSTON MOOR
A689 NENTHEAD
(north side)
Memorial pump and canopy
G.V.
II
Memorial pump under ornamental canopy dated 1877. Stands on stepped base of
large stone slabs. Cast-iron; cylindrical pump is fluted, c2½ ft high, with
bucket rest and lion's head spout. 4 columns with Classical, Egyptian, and
Gothic detailing support a ribbed dome with finial. Foundry mark probably GEO.
SMITH, SUN FOUNDRY, GLASGOW. Semicircular arch, with cusping, to each side
inscribed: ERECTED BY R.W. BAINBRIDGE ESQ OF MIDDLETON HOUSE. Oval plaque
above each arch inscribed: IN COMMEMORATION OF A TESTIMONIAL PRESENTED TO HIM &
MRS BAINBRIDGE BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE LONDON LEAD CO. & OTHER FRIENDS SEPT.
28TH 1877. Corner antifixae have obelisk finials; small crocodile to top of
each cap internally. Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, has an identical
memorial canopy with an ornamental fountain instead of a pump.
Listing NGR: NY7814443724
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 73095
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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