Fountain at Widcombe Manor House
FOUNTAIN AT WIDCOMBE MANOR HOUSE, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1394134
- Date first listed:
- 11-Aug-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Fountain at Widcombe Manor House
- Statutory Address:
- FOUNTAIN AT WIDCOMBE MANOR HOUSE, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1394134
- Date first listed:
- 11-Aug-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Oct-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Fountain at Widcombe Manor House
- Statutory Address 1:
- FOUNTAIN AT WIDCOMBE MANOR HOUSE, CHURCH STREET
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:
- FOUNTAIN AT WIDCOMBE MANOR HOUSE, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 75954 63859
Details
CHURCH STREET Widcombe (West side) Fountain at Widcombe Manor House 11/08/72
GV I
Garden fountain. Thought now to be late C19 copy of a C15 fountain. Bronze, limestone. Four of the cherubs were stolen and bronze copies made from an almost identical fountain in Tetbury. Small bronze figure on shell rises from higher of two shallow basins, with central baluster carried on Rococo with four small mermaids, and on four turtles as feet, all set to square stone block centred to circular pool, approx 3m diameter, with raised surround of stone curbing containing narrow cobbled band of paving. Fountain centred to south front of Manor House (qv), with steps and stone balustrading (qv) to west. Probably installed as part of redesign of garden layout by Rolfe and Peto in 1928 (drawings in RIBA). See photographs of previous garden layout without fountain. SOURCES: Pevsner architectural Guides: Forsyth M: Bath: 2003: 219-220.
Listing NGR: ST7595463859
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 509524
- 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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