Arch Containing Spring And Washing Place

The arch containing a spring and washing place is a structure of uncertain date, but it was set in an arch around 1855. It is constructed from local lias stone that is squared and boasted, with Doulting ashlar dressing. The large segmental arch features an interior divided into two arched recesses, each with plain bracketed cornices at the top of the facade wall. The side walls project from each side of the arch for about one metre before rounding off to form normal boundary walls. Inside the archway, there is a cast iron water spout and drain at the center, and in the left recess, there is a large stone sink. This structure was presumably built by the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between 1855 and 1966, likely because the original spring was either buried or threatened by the new railway embankment.