Cattle Trough (At Junction Of West Carriage Drive With Serpentine) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1991. A C19 Cattle trough.
Cattle Trough (At Junction Of West Carriage Drive With Serpentine)
- WRENN ID
- haunted-vault-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1991
- Type
- Cattle trough
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 2780 SW HYDE PARK, SW1
77/8 Cattle Trough (At Junction of West Carriage Drive with Serpentine)
II
Cattle trough. Late C19. Provided by and inscribed "Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association." Grey granite trough supported on rectangular blocks with waste water tray beneath. Shaped head and cistern at one end. Founded in 1859 the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association (Cattle Trough added 1867) provided free fresh water to many humans and beasts at a time when ale and spirits were easier to obtain than water and most supplies contaminated. Cattle driven to metropolitan markets and, by 1885, over 50,000 working horses in London were spared the frequent risk of death from dehydration by the provision of troughs.
Listing NGR: TQ2704680212
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