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Conduit House, Modbury

Description: Conduit House

Grade: II
Date Listed: 26 January 1967
English Heritage Building ID: 99742

OS Grid Reference: SX6595651566
OS Grid Coordinates: 265956, 51567
Latitude/Longitude: 50.3487, -3.8854

Location: Galpin Street, Modbury, Devon PL21 0QB

Locality: Modbury
Local Authority: South Hams
County: Devon
Country: England
Postcode: PL21 0QB

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Listing Text

MODBURY GALPIN STREET
SX 6451-6551
(south side)
7/145
Conduit House
26.1.67
II

Conduit house. 1708. Granite. Square structure set to offset plinth, with
pyramidal granite roof on continuous moulded eaves course and carrying ball
finial. West side has a blocked square opening with a worn panel or lintol with
illegible inscription. Mainly in squared granite block, but the back in
rubble. One of three conduits provided as part of the water supply system
given to the town by Nicholas Trist, lord of the manor, in 1708; in use until
the1950s.


Listing NGR: SX6595651566

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence: PSI Click-use licence number C2008002006.



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