Description

LITTLE GADDESDEN LITTLE GADDESDEN
SP 9913 (West side)

9/207 Lady Marian Alford
- Memorial on S corner
at entrance to drive
to Ashridge

GV II

Memorial cross, drinking fountain, and seat. 1891 in memory of Lady
Marian Alford mother of the 2nd and 3rd Earls Brownlow. White limestone,
knapped flint and stone radial platform enclosed by stone seat. A tall
tapering Iona cross on a high square base of 2 steps with a small
scallop drinking fountain at rear and large semi-circular drinking
trough and recessed dog trough at front of base. Front and rear faces of
cross have carved panels of interlace ornament and Pictish figures.
Inscription on larger trough 'Whosoever drinketh of the water that I
shall give him shall never thirst: but the water that I shall give him
shall be in him a well of water springing up into Everlasting Life'.
Large semi-circular continuous moulded stone seat behind cross on S with
step, back and bench ends.

Listing NGR: SP9924413384

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469378

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)