The Howard Memorial Fountain
THE HOWARD MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, EPSOM ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1188512
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Howard Memorial Fountain
- Statutory Address:
- THE HOWARD MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, EPSOM ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1188512
- Date first listed:
- 24-Aug-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Howard Memorial Fountain
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE HOWARD MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, EPSOM ROAD
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:
- THE HOWARD MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, EPSOM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Mole Valley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 18813 58242
Details
ASHTEAD EPSOM ROAD TQ 1858-1958 (west side) 7/24 The Howard Memorial Fountain
II
Memorial fountain. c.1880. Commemorating the Honorable Mrs Mary Greville Howard (d.1877). Sandstone ashlar. Gothic style, in the form of a medieval cross. Octagonal plan. High plinth of 4 steps with a circular bowl set into the front; 2- stage shaft with inscription on 3 sides of the first stage (see below), trefoil panels in the upper stage with a carved coat of arms in the front panel and and monogrammed initials M G H in the others, linked hoodmoulds with animal-mask stops, a 3-tier offset, and a pinnacle with trefoil panels and an apex cross. The inscription on the shaft is as follows:- THIS CROSS & FOUNTAIN / ARE ERECTED IN / MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE / MRS MARY GREVILLE / HOWARD BY THE PARISHIONERS OF / ASHTEAD AND MANY / OF HER RELATIONS AND FRIENDS SHE WAS BELOVED / AND HONORED / DURING A LONG LIFE SPENT IN / DOING GOOD AND / MOURNED BY ALL WHEN TAKEN TO / REST ON OCT. 19 1877 / AT ASHTEAD PARK AGED 92 HER WORKS DO FOLLOW HER
Listing NGR: TQ1881358242
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 290407
- 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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