Stone Drinking Fountain in Stone Wall Next to Public Footpath to Whitebarn Road

STONE DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN STONE WALL NEXT TO PUBLIC FOOTPATH TO WHITEBARN ROAD, MACCLESFIELD ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1376143
Date first listed:
20-Aug-1998
List Entry Name:
Stone Drinking Fountain in Stone Wall Next to Public Footpath to Whitebarn Road
Statutory Address:
STONE DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN STONE WALL NEXT TO PUBLIC FOOTPATH TO WHITEBARN ROAD, MACCLESFIELD ROAD
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1376143
Date first listed:
20-Aug-1998
List Entry Name:
Stone Drinking Fountain in Stone Wall Next to Public Footpath to Whitebarn Road
Statutory Address 1:
STONE DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN STONE WALL NEXT TO PUBLIC FOOTPATH TO WHITEBARN ROAD, MACCLESFIELD ROAD

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
STONE DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN STONE WALL NEXT TO PUBLIC FOOTPATH TO WHITEBARN ROAD, MACCLESFIELD ROAD

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

District:
Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Alderley Edge
National Grid Reference:
SJ8505077991

Details

SJ87NE
203/5/10006

ALDERLEY EDGE,
MACCLESFIELD ROAD (South side),
Stone Drinking Fountain in stone wall next to public footpath to Whitebarn Road

II


Drinking fountain. Dated 1888 and inscribed 'W'. Probably for Mr Westhead. Sandstone ashlar with cast-iron waterspout. Approximately one metre high. The fountain has shell-arched niche with projecting semi-circular bowl and quatrefoil waterspout.
The fountain is situated in the boundary wall of 'The Hurst', a Victorian house owned at that time by Mr. Westhead but demolished during the 1950s. It is thought that the fountain was provided for the use of pedestrians to refresh themselves half-way up the steep hill.


Listing NGR: SJ8505477989

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Legacy System number:
470133
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.

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