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
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SK 0643-0743
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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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