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Latitude: 53.3381 / 53°20'17"N
Longitude: -2.0548 / 2°3'17"W
OS Eastings: 396450
OS Northings: 382357
OS Grid: SJ964823
Mapcode National: GBR GY2V.Y3
Mapcode Global: WHBBB.DCS8
Plus Code: 9C5V8WQW+63
Entry Name: Wellhead at Centre of Lyme Park's Courtyard
Listing Date: 17 November 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1231916
English Heritage Legacy ID: 406870
ID on this website: 101231916
Location: Cheshire East, Cheshire, SK12
County: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Lyme Handley
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Disley St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Wellhead
SJ 98 SE LYME HANDLEY C.P. LYME PARK
4/60 Wellhead at centre of
Lyme Park's courtyard.
GV II
Wellhead: C18 Italian probably brought from Venice c.1900. White
marble on 2 hexagonal buff sandstone steps. Made of 6 rectangular
panels with a rounded cornice, forming a circular hole. The outside
of the panels bear 2 armorial plaques and an inscribed Latin poem
reads:
Parciore coelo quamius descendent imber,
Hinc erit urgenti quod levet ora siti,
Hec tantum hoc hominum praestat solertia verum,
In medio dulces aequore aquas.
Listing NGR: SJ9644982358
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