Description

SEDBERGH

SD6592SE FINKLE STREET, Sedbergh Town
162-1/26/396 (West side)
Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into
churchyard wall

GV II

Drinking fountain with side-benches. Erected in 1897 when
Finkle Street was widened to commemorate the diamond jubilee
of Queen Victoria. Sandstone ashlar with black marble plaque
and brass cup. Classical style. In the form of a pedimented
aedicule, with console-footed fluted pilasters framing a
recessed centre, a pulvinated frieze inscribed "1837" over the
left pilaster, "QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE" in the centre, and
"1897" over the right-hand pilaster. The centre has a convex
bowl with a drinking cup on a chain, and a small black marble
plaque with an inscription recording the cause and occasion.
The pediment contains relief sculpture inscribed "THE WOMAN OF
SAMARIA AND OUR SAVIOUR AT THE WELL" (now protected by a
perspex screen). To left and right are integral stone
side-benches.
Forms group with Church of St Andrew (qv).

Listing NGR: SD6574092111

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663960

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas