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Memorial Drinking Fountain

A Grade II Listed Building in Branxton, Northumberland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6318 / 55°37'54"N

Longitude: -2.1695 / 2°10'10"W

OS Eastings: 389427

OS Northings: 637594

OS Grid: NT894375

Mapcode National: GBR F399.3Z

Mapcode Global: WH9Z1.NP3Y

Plus Code: 9C7VJRJJ+P6

Entry Name: Memorial Drinking Fountain

Listing Date: 10 March 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1042193

English Heritage Legacy ID: 237972

Also known as: Robertson Memorial Fountain

ID on this website: 101042193

Location: Branxton, Northumberland, TD12

County: Northumberland

Civil Parish: Branxton

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland

Church of England Parish: Branxton St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

Tagged with: Fountain

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Description


BRANXTON BRANXTON
NT 83 NE
9/5 Memorial Drinking
Fountain
II

Drinking fountain. 1910 by George Reavel of Alnwick. Ashlar and iron.
Corniced central section c.8 ft. high flanked by pilasters which have panels
carved with bunches of fruit. At the bottom a rounded stone projection
bearing an iron basin below the iron spout; above that an inscription:-

TO THE MEMORY/OF/WILLIAM ASKEW ROBERTSON/OF/PALLINSBURN/JULY 1910.

Short ramped-down side walls, with moulded coping, lead to lower concave
quadrant walls with built-in stone seats on rounded brackets.


Listing NGR: NT8942737594

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