Drinking Fountain
Drinking fountain, Near Thrope Lane, Lofthouse
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391664
- Date first listed:
- 15-May-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Drinking Fountain
- Statutory Address:
- Drinking fountain, Near Thrope Lane, Lofthouse
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391664
- Date first listed:
- 15-May-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Drinking Fountain
- Statutory Address 1:
- Drinking fountain, Near Thrope Lane, Lofthouse
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:
- Drinking fountain, Near Thrope Lane, Lofthouse
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Fountains Earth
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 10126 73501
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 September 2025 to reformat the text to current standards
1435/0/10020
FOUNTAINS EARTH
Lofthouse
NR. THROPE LANE (south of)
Drinking fountain
15-MAY-06
II
Drinking Fountain and War Memorial, C18/C19, remodelled 1920 by Duncan Drummond, local stonemason. Octagonal stone trough with central square stone monolith surmounted by a cross.
On the west side is a wooden plank door, with an inscription above in raised lettering "BUILT MARCH 1920", and decorative embellishments forming a round arch with prominent keystone. The south side is inscribed "A PINT OF COLD WATER THREE TIMES A DAY IS THE SUREST WAY TO KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY. WHOSO THIRSTETH LET HIM COME HITHER AND DRINK", with similar embellishments above. The eastern side has a water tap and the inscription "ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE IN THE WAR 1914 1918", with the initials JR below and similar decoration above. The north side is the inscription "IF YOU WANT TO BE HEALTHY WEALTHY AND STOUT USE PLENTY OF COLD WATER INSIDE AND OUT. LET ANIMAL AND MAN DRINK FREELY", with the same style of decoration above. A raised cap on top of the block carries a plain stone cross.
The stone trough is currently filled with earth and flowers.
HISTORY: prior to the First World War the structure was a drinking fountain, with the trough and pillar in place but without the cross and inscriptions. A street lamp topped the pillar, which appears to have had a plainer top, at the turn of the century. The rebuilding work was financed by Mr John Rayner J.P. of Ripon, whose family had connections in Nidderdale, who were Methodists and strong on temperance. A second memorial to Victory was also built in the village.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE This First World War Memorial and drinking fountain meets the criteria for listing both as a record of the part this village played in the international events of the Great War, and as a well made and finely carved example of vernacular street furniture.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 1 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 495359
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 1 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30192
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/214987
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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