Description

LAMBROOK STREET
1.
1133
(East Side)
Drinking fountain
in wall to south of
Summer House
ST 5039 6/189
II GV
2.
Late C19. Neo-Romanesque. Ashlar with polished red marble columns. Triangular
gablet over blind round-headed arch of 2 orders with chevron enrichment. Outer
order is supported by 2 marble columns with ashlar capitals, annulets and bases.
The 3 exposed faces of capitals have lively carvings of hunting animals, dragons
etc. The well inside the arch consists of a fluted marble basin in form of a Romanesque
piscina, niche above contains brass outlet pipe. In apex of gablet is carved fishscale
detail, a hand pointing to the right, and 'To the Tor' in a kind of Gothic script.
Summer House and Drinking fountain. Nos 86 to 90 (even) High Street, Nos 2 and
4 Bove Town form a group.

Listing NGR: ST5027639011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26310062

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings