Ellison Street, drinking fountain
Ellison Street, drinking fountain
HER Number
8166
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Ellison Street, drinking fountain
Place
Hebburn
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Supply Site
Site Type: Specific
Drinking Fountain
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Formerly listed grade II but stolen and delisted in 2014.
Former listing description:
Drinking fountain. Late C19. Mills Brothers, sculptors, London; Emley and Walker founders, Newcastle. Cast iron. Shell tap in arched recess with many-scrolled surround having high relief figures, on corbelled plinths, of Moses with raised arm holding rod at left, woman among bulrushes at right; winged cherubs in clouds above quotation. Psalms CV 41.
Former listing description:
Drinking fountain. Late C19. Mills Brothers, sculptors, London; Emley and Walker founders, Newcastle. Cast iron. Shell tap in arched recess with many-scrolled surround having high relief figures, on corbelled plinths, of Moses with raised arm holding rod at left, woman among bulrushes at right; winged cherubs in clouds above quotation. Psalms CV 41.
Easting
430391
Northing
565301
Grid Reference
NZ430391565301
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 1/77; English Heritage, 27 January 2014, Advice Report, List Entry Number 1355090