Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall
Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall, Finkle Street
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384123
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall
- Statutory Address:
- Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall, Finkle Street
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384123
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall, Finkle Street
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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.
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:
- Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall, Finkle Street
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sedbergh
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 65742 92112
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 2 October 2025 to correct a typo in the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SD6592SE
162-1/26/396
SEDBERGH
Sedbergh Town
FINKLE STREET (West side)
Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall
GV
II
Drinking fountain with side-benches. Erected in 1897 when Finkle Street was widened to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. Sandstone ashlar with black marble plaque and brass cup. Classical style. In the form of a pedimented aedicule, with console-footed fluted pilasters framing a recessed centre, a pulvinated frieze inscribed "1837" over the left pilaster, "QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE" in the centre, and "1897" over the right-hand pilaster. The centre has a convex bowl with a drinking cup on a chain, and a small black marble plaque with an inscription recording the cause and occasion.
The pediment contains relief sculpture inscribed "THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA AND OUR SAVIOUR AT THE WELL" (now protected by a perspex screen). To left and right are integral stone side-benches.
Forms group with Church of St Andrew (qv).
Listing NGR: SD6574092111
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484555
- 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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