Drinking Fountain
DRINKING FOUNTAIN, HEDGEMEAD PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1395993
- Date first listed:
- 15-Oct-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Drinking Fountain
- Statutory Address:
- DRINKING FOUNTAIN, HEDGEMEAD PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1395993
- Date first listed:
- 15-Oct-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Drinking Fountain
- Statutory Address 1:
- DRINKING FOUNTAIN, HEDGEMEAD PARK
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, HEDGEMEAD PARK
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 75035 65616
Details
HEDGEMEAD PARK 656-1/0/0 Drinking fountain
GV II
Drinking fountain. c1890. Possibly designed by TB Silcock, but see below. MATERIALS: Cast iron on a stone plinth. PLAN: Basically tapering cylinder approx 4m high, standing on three-step octagonal stone base. Four projecting ornamented segmental curved bowls at waist height supported at junctions by mythical rampant lions and strapwork bands, above each bowl scrolled pediment against fluted backing with water jets between scrolls. Base of main shaft fluted with ring of stylized acanthus leaves. Above band with four scrolled horn like projections possibly brackets holding chains to former drinking cups, upper part ornamented with willow leaves and berries, cylindrical capital has ring moulding and acanthus type leaves supporting octagonal cyma moulded bowl. From centre of bowl rises a spread eagle on moulded octagonal base. HISTORY: Hedgemead Park was laid out by TB Silcock in 1889, and he may have designed this fountain, but it could equally well have been bought from a catalogue. SOURCES: [R. Gilding, `Historic Public Parks. Avon' (1997), 35-39].
Listing NGR: ST7503565616
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 511403
- 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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