Description

OVER NORTON THE GREEN
SP3028-3128
13/116 The Fountain and attached
railings

GV II

Memorial pump. Circa 1864. Limestone ashlar and polished pink granite; copper
pump with iron fixings and railings. Monument, of triangular plan, has 3
circular limestone columns with flower capitals, from which spring the
semicircular arches of an ogee-roofed limestone canopy, the apex bearing a stone
cross and the angles projecting as elaborate brackets with scrolls, entablatures
and ball finials. Vault extends downwards to a central turned granite column
with a volute capital, the pendentives ornamented with shields commemorating the
deaths of Col. and Mrs. Henry Dawkins in 1864. Pump, attached to the central
column, has elaborate wrought-iron supports, and cast-iron railings extend from
the central column and enclose part of the surrounding area. Included for group
value.

Listing NGR: SP3165028322

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304552

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]