Conduit Niche is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1986. Niche.
Conduit Niche
- WRENN ID
- noble-spandrel-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1986
- Type
- Niche
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NORTH NIBLEY STANCOMBE PARK ST 79 NW at NGR ST 73869701 1/123 Conduit niche II
Niche containing former font with conduit. c1860 for Rev. David Edwards. Ashlar marlstone; limestone font. Square niche with round-arched top and imposts. Small round-arched recess in niche contains fragment of tessellated pavement, possibly Roman, but more likely an imitation. Large circular font bowl on circular base. Conduit pipe taken up within base feeding font bowl through drain hole. Water passes out rear of font through small outlet in niche. Facing font across path is semi-circular area of rough marlstone paving with concealed water channels, all fed from nearby springs. One of the features in the very extensive Regency and early Victorian landscaped park and pleasure garden. (B. Jones, Follies and Grottoes, 1974; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979.)
Listing NGR: ST7384097004
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