The Brindley Memorial Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1984. Fountain.

The Brindley Memorial Fountain

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1984
Type
Fountain
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SK 17 SW PARISH OF WORMHILL

5/61 The Brindley Memorial Fountain

II

Village fountain and water troughs. Dated 1875. Ashlar gritstone. Gabled fountain head with carved copings, incorporating seating and set within a half-landing amidst two flights of stone steps, the upper part a single flight, the lower steps in two parallel flights either wide of the fountain head, all with low railings and three stone troughs above a stone setted approach to the fountain from the east. The west face of the fountain head is inscribed '1875. IN MEMORY OF JAMES BRINDLEY CIVIL ENGINEER. BORN IN THIS PARISH" Brindley, the pioneer canal engineer, was born in the nearby hamlet of Tunstead.

Listing NGR: SK1228674250

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