Description

TL 4114 HUNSDON HIGH STREET
(east side)
Hunsdon village

7/11 Village Pump
and Surrounding
- Railing

GV II

Village pump and railings. Early C19 by 'Turner, Dorset Street,
Fleet Street, London' (pedimented raised plate on base). Cast
iron public pump facing W. About 2 metres high in the form of a
stepped octagonal pier with plinth, moulded base, a lower section
with a heavily modelled animal headed spout with foliate collar,
a taller upper section with lancet sunk panels with sunk
spandrels, a moulded cornice and ogee cap. S-shaped cast iron
handle on S side has oval terminal with projecting horns. Cast
iron railing around contemporary but much reduced in extent.
Fluted uprights and spearheads. A fine architectural public pump
in the Gothic style. At the centre of the village street in the
middle of the Conservation Area.

Listing NGR: TL4180414143

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26395920

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]