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Drinking Fountain and Sundial

A Grade II Listed Building in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2446 / 52°14'40"N

Longitude: 0.7174 / 0°43'2"E

OS Eastings: 585618

OS Northings: 264192

OS Grid: TL856641

Mapcode National: GBR QF0.85S

Mapcode Global: VHKD4.DV45

Plus Code: 9F426PV8+RX

Entry Name: Drinking Fountain and Sundial

Listing Date: 30 October 1997

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1245038

English Heritage Legacy ID: 466467

ID on this website: 101245038

Location: Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, IP33

County: Suffolk

District: West Suffolk

Civil Parish: Bury St Edmunds

Built-Up Area: Bury St Edmunds

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: St James Bury St Edmunds

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Description



BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE ABBEY PRECINCTS
639-1/8/100 Drinking Fountain and Sundial

II

Drinking fountain and sundial. 1870. Formerly at the south end
of The Traverse; removed to the Abbey Gardens in 1939. Stone.
A hexagonal raised base is flanked by 3 flower borders; in its
centre a wide shallow bowl on a pedestal supports a high
fluted column with 4 former water outlets and a lead plaque
dated 1870 on its base. The column has an enriched Ionic
capital, surmounted by a rectangular pedestal with a sundial
on its south face and topped by an urn.


Listing NGR: TL8561864192

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