Drinking Fountain - 1874 - Friars Walk, Lewes, UK
N 50° 52.350 E 000° 00.837
31U E 289915 N 5639895
This drinking fountain is attached to the boundary wall of the former All Saints church on the north west side of Friars Walk in Lewes. A plaque attached to the fountain indicates that it was erected in 1874.
Waymark Code: WMRQMP
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/25/2016
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The plaque, located in the arch, reads:
Erected
1874
by subscription
Carved into the stonework, below the plaque are the words:
Restored in 1889
At the base of the drinking fountain, set in to the surround, is a metal plaque that further advises:
Restored by the Friends of Lewes
1981
The fountain is Grade II listed with the entry at the Historic England website advising:
Drinking fountain and pump. Dated 1874. Stone pier on stepped pedestal. Stone tiled pyramidal cap with ball-finial, supported corbelling; face of pier cut back in arch around circular plaque inscribed 'ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION 1874'. Cast-iron pump in neo-Gothic aedicular frame with ogee-arch over. Pump with bowl on column and tap in upper part.