Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1999. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.
Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall
- WRENN ID
- little-mortar-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1999
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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SD6592SE 162-1/26/396
SEDBERGH Sedbergh Town FINKLE STREET (West side) Jubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wall
GV II
Drinking fountain with side-benches. Erected in 1897 when Finkle Street was widened to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. Sandstone ashlar with black marble plaque and brass cup. Classical style. In the form of a pedimented aedicule, with console-footed fluted pilasters framing a recessed centre, a pulvinated frieze inscribed "1837" over the left pilaster, "QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE" in the centre, and "1897" over the right-hand pilaster. The centre has a convex bowl with a drinking cup on a chain, and a small black marble plaque with an inscription recording the cause and occasion.
The pediment contains relief sculpture inscribed "THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA AND OUR SAVIOUR AT THE WELL" (now protected by a perspex screen). To left and right are integral stone side-benches.
Forms group with Church of St Andrew (qv).
Listing NGR: SD6574092111
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