Village Pump And Housing is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Pump, housing.

Village Pump And Housing

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1986
Type
Pump, housing
Source
Historic England listing

Description

WATTON-AT-STONE HIGH STREET TL 3019 (Southwest side) Watton-at-stone 9/189 Village Pump and Housing - on SE corner with Station Road GV II

Village pump and housing. 1894. Given by Abel Smith of Woodhall Park (q.v.) as a memorial to his son Lt. Gen. P. Smith. Stone base to cast iron pump. Timber housing with a shingled and leaded roof. In a classical style. Pump base has trough with rounded corners. Pump is a large bulbous vase with rich acanthus decoration. Scotia and torus foot with a cavetto moulded head to plinth. Astragals on necking with rings. Above a moulded curving spout. Scrolled attachment for handle, now missing. Housing has 4 posts, each a stylized, entasized Ionic column. Key blocked segmental arches with scrolled brackets to eaves which has a continuous band of dedicatory inscription. Roof is swept out pagoda style with scrolled iron flourishes at corners. Atop it all is a small turret with 2 round headed timber arches to each side. Brattishing to ogee spirelet, wavy leading and ball finial. (Pevsner 1977).

Listing NGR: TL3004419389

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