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The Pagoda Fountain and bridge pier

A Grade II* Listed Building in Farley, Staffordshire

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Latitude: 52.9863 / 52°59'10"N

Longitude: -1.8872 / 1°53'13"W

OS Eastings: 407670

OS Northings: 343228

OS Grid: SK076432

Mapcode National: GBR 37K.PPX

Mapcode Global: WHBD4.Z6HF

Plus Code: 9C4WX4P7+G4

Entry Name: The Pagoda Fountain and bridge pier

Listing Date: 3 January 1967

Last Amended: 17 November 1986

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1192054

English Heritage Legacy ID: 275112

ID on this website: 101192054

Location: Farley, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, ST10

County: Staffordshire

District: Staffordshire Moorlands

Civil Parish: Farley

Built-Up Area: Alton Park

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Alton St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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SK 0643-0743
12/117

FARLEY C.P.
ALTON PARK
The Pagoda Fountain and bridge pier

(Formerly listed as Duck Pagoda)

3/1/67

GV
II*
Fountain and bridge pier. Circa 1832. By Robert Abraham. Painted cast iron on a stone base. Octagonal plan; in the form of a Chinese pagoda. Octagonal base with five steps, leading to a pagoda of three stages, each stage with openwork sides of fishscale pattern and ogee-headed openings, the upper two stages each have a low balustrade; bracketed roof and canopies with bells hanging from the scrolls at each angle, the tall roof is surmounted by a finial. A stone pier approximately 10 yards to the north formerly supported a bridge which led from the north bank of the Fishpond within which the building stands. The Pagoda Fountain is a copy of the To-ho pagoda in Canton, as illustrated by Chambers and recreated in an essentially C19 and European form.

This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Garden Register.

Listing NGR: SK0767043228

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