SEDGWICK FOUNTAIN - Dent - List Entry

  • Description

    Memorial fountain. Late C19. Commemorates Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Cambridge University. Roughly-hewn pink granite. Roughly-rectangular base with a trough cut in it; massive irregular tapered pier with arched drinking fountain cut into it, and to right of that "ADAM SEDGWICK" inscribed in Gothick lettering, with the dates "1785-1873" below....
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1383986
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 8 months, 1 week ago
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