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Conduit to North West Corner of the Close

A Grade II Listed Building in Lichfield, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6853 / 52°41'7"N

Longitude: -1.8318 / 1°49'54"W

OS Eastings: 411464

OS Northings: 309748

OS Grid: SK114097

Mapcode National: GBR 3C9.RP4

Mapcode Global: WHCGN.TRWR

Plus Code: 9C4WM5P9+47

Entry Name: Conduit to North West Corner of the Close

Listing Date: 17 June 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1298432

English Heritage Legacy ID: 382785

ID on this website: 101298432

Location: St Mary and St Chad's Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13

County: Staffordshire

District: Lichfield

Town: Lichfield

Civil Parish: Lichfield

Built-Up Area: Lichfield

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

Description


LICHFIELD

SK1109NW THE CLOSE 1094-1/4/214 (North West side) Conduit to north-west corner of The Close

GV II

Conduit head and pump. 1786. Ashlar. Pump encased in tall square structure, with adjoining low platform. Pump casing has band below round niche to each face and simple domed cap; slit for handle to west, spout to north. Platform has inset stone basin. The conduit was established c1140-7, the supply being augmented in 1259, an early example of a piped water supply. The old structure was demolished and replaced by the present structure, which was in turn superseded by the conduit in the garden of No.15 in 1803. (Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W: Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.95-6).

Listing NGR: SK1146609750

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