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The Fountain

A Grade II Listed Building in Denton, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9368 / 53°56'12"N

Longitude: -1.7833 / 1°46'59"W

OS Eastings: 414323

OS Northings: 448988

OS Grid: SE143489

Mapcode National: GBR HQZX.QH

Mapcode Global: WHC8P.L90T

Plus Code: 9C5WW6P8+PM

Entry Name: The Fountain

Listing Date: 24 January 1974

Last Amended: 14 July 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1295790

English Heritage Legacy ID: 331423

ID on this website: 101295790

Location: Denton, North Yorkshire, LS29

County: North Yorkshire

District: Harrogate

Civil Parish: Denton

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Weston All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


DENTON MAIN STREET
SE 14 NW
(south side)
9/31 The Fountain
(formerly listed as The
24.1.74 obelisk or fountain)
GV II


Well head, now disused. Probably late C18. Gritstone. Approximately 1.5
metres high, composed of a circular base surmounted by a monolithic apple-
shaped stone basin, approximately 1 metre diameter, in 2 parts with a single
piece ball and cushion finial on top. The top of the monolithic stone is
slightly raised as a seating for the finial. An outlet hole, now blocked,
is low down on the south-east side, and a paving stone below it has a cast-
iron drain cover.


Listing NGR: SE1432348988

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