Description

SK 17 SW PARISH OF WORMHILL

5/61 The Brindley Memorial
Fountain

II

Village fountain and water troughs. Dated 1875. Ashlar gritstone. Gabled fountain
head with carved copings, incorporating seating and set within a half-landing
amidst two flights of stone steps, the upper part a single flight, the lower
steps in two parallel flights either wide of the fountain head, all with low
railings and three stone troughs above a stone setted approach to the fountain
from the east. The west face of the fountain head is inscribed '1875. IN MEMORY
OF JAMES BRINDLEY CIVIL ENGINEER. BORN IN THIS PARISH" Brindley, the pioneer
canal engineer, was born in the nearby hamlet of Tunstead.

Listing NGR: SK1228674250

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598292

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)