Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain

Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain, Broadway E15

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1358001
Date first listed:: 08-Jun-1978
List Entry Name:: Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain
Statutory Address:: Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain, Broadway E15

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1358001
Date first listed:: 08-Jun-1978
List Entry Name:: Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain
Statutory Address 1:: Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain, Broadway E15

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain, Broadway E15

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

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Newham (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ 38910 84347

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11/12/2020

TQ 3884 6/20 STRATFORD E15 BROADWAY (north side) Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain

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Drinking Fountain 1861: J Bell. Tapering granite obelisk with pointed head on granite plinth bearing quadrant basins. Inscribed 'In Remembrance of Samuel Gurney'. Four cast-iron lamp columns with later lanterns stand on four granite plinths at each corner. Samuel Gurney (1786-1856) was a banker and philanthropist from an influential family of English Quakers who resided for most of his life just outside Stratford. He was a partner in the Norwich banking firm of Overand, Gurney & Co, which became the largest discounting house in the world. Gurney was an advocate of penal reform (the prison reformer Elizabeth Fry was his sister) and an anti-slavery campaigner. He was also a noted philanthropist, supporting educational charities and gifting money to the poor, as well as supporting local charitable initiatives.

Listing NGR: TQ3891084347

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Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.