Obelisk and Fountain
OBELISK AND FOUNTAIN, VICTORIA GARDENS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381079
- Date first listed:
- 20-Aug-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk and Fountain
- Statutory Address:
- OBELISK AND FOUNTAIN, VICTORIA GARDENS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381079
- Date first listed:
- 20-Aug-1971
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk and Fountain
- Statutory Address 1:
- OBELISK AND FOUNTAIN, VICTORIA GARDENS
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:
- OBELISK AND FOUNTAIN, VICTORIA GARDENS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- The City of Brighton and Hove (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 31443 04737
Details
BRIGHTON
TQ3104NW VICTORIA GARDENS
577-1/33/1139 (North side)
20/08/71 Obelisk and Fountain
(Formerly Listed as:
Fountain at north end of Victoria
Gardens)
II
Monument in the form of an obelisk. 1871. Granite.
Notionally circular base divided into 2 broad segments,
originally drinking troughs for animals, and 2 narrow segments
which give access to the 2 raised drinking basins for humans.
Octagonal base tapering to a square; on the south side of the
square a bronze plaque records the gift of the monument to the
town by Frederick Chatfield in 1871; a plaque on the north
side records the names of Richard Webb, Mayor and Richard
Keirle, architect. Above this rises the needle of the obelisk
which has a narrow chamfered band near its base and a broader
plain band a little above that; about half-way up the needle
are 8-pointed stars cut in the stone work, one on the north
and one on the south side.
Listing NGR: TQ3144304737
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 481424
- 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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