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Fountain and Trough 20 Metres South of Number 2

A Grade II Listed Building in Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.4863 / 54°29'10"N

Longitude: -1.5327 / 1°31'57"W

OS Eastings: 430372

OS Northings: 510209

OS Grid: NZ303102

Mapcode National: GBR KJQK.ZK

Mapcode Global: WHC63.FHCK

Plus Code: 9C6WFFP8+GW

Entry Name: Fountain and Trough 20 Metres South of Number 2

Listing Date: 27 January 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1116452

English Heritage Legacy ID: 350437

ID on this website: 101116452

Location: Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington, County Durham, DL2

County: Darlington

Civil Parish: Hurworth

Built-Up Area: Hurworth-on-Tees

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Hurworth

Church of England Diocese: Durham

Tagged with: Fountain

Description


HURWORTH THE GREEN NZ 3010 (South side)

17/99 Fountain and trough 20 metres south of No. 2

II

Public drinking fountain and horse trough. 1911 for Alice and Maude Scurfield to commemorate the accession of King George V. Ashlar sandstone; pink granite trough and bowl. Classical style. 3.5-metre-tall, square-plan pier, with banded rustication and corniced cap, crowned by large stone vase with carved fruit and flower festoons. Shorter and narrower flanking piers with banded rustication and crowning S-scrolls. Large semicircular trough with moulded lip. Trough formerly fed from water spout emerging from grotesque mask head on main pier. Raised panel above mask head inscribed: ERECTED BY ALICE AND MAUDE SCURFIELD TO COMMEMORATE THE ACCESSION OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE V 1911. Small bowl and public drinking fountain on rear.

Listing NGR: NZ3037210209

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