Description

LICHFIELD

SK1109NE THE CLOSE
1094-1/4/205 (North side)
06/03/70 Former conduit to south-west corner
of garden to No.15
(Formerly Listed as:
THE CLOSE
Summerhouse to the SW of No 15)

GV II

Conduit, now refreshment kiosk. 1803 with later alterations.
Brick with pyramidal slate roof. Octagonal structure with
lower extension to corner of garden wall, which has canted
angle. Round-headed entrance with C20 glazed door to angle,
and probably early C20 canted timber oriel with leaded glazing
to front. Octagonal structure has one window with pegged
casement and perforated metal finial.
The conduit was first established c1140 in the north-west
corner of the close, and was replaced in 1803 by this
structure, which remained in use until 1969 and was converted
to a kiosk in the late 1980s.
(Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.95-6).

Listing NGR: SK1147709775

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513186

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings