JUBILEE DRINKING FOUNTAIN BUILT INTO CHURCHYARD WALL - Sedbergh - List Entry
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Description
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).... -
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1384123
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