Drinking Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 2012. Drinking trough.
Drinking Trough
- WRENN ID
- idle-corner-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewisham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 2012
- Type
- Drinking trough
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The trough is of granite and takes the form of a narrow rectangular trough for horses or cattle, supported at either end on a square block. Between these blocks, resting on the ground, is a shallow trough for dogs. At the southern end of the trough is an ogee gable with a projecting semi-circular drinking bowl for humans, and a decorative bell-shaped spout.
On the east side of the trough is the inscription: METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNDATION AND CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION. On the west side is the inscription: ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1888. To the south, beneath the drinking bowl, is the inscription: A CUP OF COLD WATER IN HIS NAME.
Detailed Attributes
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