Memorial Drinking Fountain 20 Metres North of Church of St Cuthbert
MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN 20 METRES NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT, B 6318
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1156001
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial Drinking Fountain 20 Metres North of Church of St Cuthbert
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN 20 METRES NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT, B 6318
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1156001
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial Drinking Fountain 20 Metres North of Church of St Cuthbert
- Statutory Address 1:
- MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN 20 METRES NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT, B 6318
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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 DRINKING FOUNTAIN 20 METRES NORTH OF CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT, B 6318
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Greenhead
- National Grid Reference:
- NY6601865380
Details
GREENHEAD B 6318
NY 66 NE
(South side)
Greenhead Village
11/81 Memorial drinking
fountain, 20 metres
north of Church of
St. Cuthbert
II
Drinking fountain. 1865 in memory of John Blenkinsop Coulson. Sandstone.
2.0-metre tall, banded, square-plan block on roll-moulded base. Semicircular
basins with squat colonettes and foliage capitals on both returns. Inscription
on front: ERECTED IN MEMORY OF JOHN BLENKINSOP COULSON .... BY HIS WIDOW AND
FAMILY 1865. Top section, above hollow-chamfered band with stiff-leaf carving,
has a gable on each face. Gable with carved foliage borders and roll-moulded
ridges contain oval plaques (with swan on front and Blenkinsop shield on
returns). Vase finial with carved foliage on octagonal-plan base.
Listing NGR: NY6601865380
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 240729
- 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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