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Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump
Village Pump

Image credit: Andrew Lloyd / Art UK

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The work faces north west on a grassed area at the side of the road. It was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. It is a stone obelisk with acroteria-like top and trough. The spout is of patinated iron and has the form of a lion's head. The handle has the form of its tail.
Title

Village Pump

Date

1897

Medium

stone & iron

Measurements

H 223 x W 75 x D 107 cm;
Plinth: H 30 x W 260 x D 260 cm

Accession number

BN8_AL_S022

Acquisition method

commissioned by Richard Fuller (local plumber)

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

20th June 1897

Listing date

17/03/52

Access

at all times

Inscription description

top of pump, NW face, small oval inset metal plaque: V.R.; top of pump, NE face, small oval inset metal plaque: 1837; top of pump, SW face, small oval inset metal plaque: 1897; NW face, underneath oval plaque, octagonal metal plaque with raised letters: NOTICE. THIS PUMP MUST NOT BE USED FOR FILLING STEAM ENGINES ANY PERSON FOUND DAMAGING THIS PUMP WILL BE PROSECUTED; raised metal crown underneath followed by a second octagonal metal plaque with raised letters: ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF NEWICK, TO COMMEMORATE THE HAPPY COMPLETION BY QUEEN VICTORIA - THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD - OF THE SIXTIETH YEAR OF HER GOOD AND GLORIOUS REIGN. JUNE 20TH 1897

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Located at

The Green, Newick

BN8 4LA

Located next to the Newick village sign, opposite 'The Bull' public house.