Description

MODBURY BROWNSTON STREET
SX 6451-6551
(east side)
7/101
Conduit with containing
20.1.67 walls and railings

GV II

Conduit. 1708, but dated 1874, when moved from street centre to its present
position. Granite. A square structure in large cut granite blocks, offset
plinth, heavy roll-mould cornice carrying a weathered pyramidal crown capped
with large ball finial, and smaller finials to 4 lower corners. Right side has
an opening. Set on paved area enclosed by walls to hit and miss copings, but at
front with two square piers with pyramid caps. From piers small curved segment
walls c.1 m high to weathered copings and carrying cast iron spear-head railings
run back to sides of the conduit house. An inscription panel records:

DONO ADRIANI SWETE EQUITIS DE TRAIN
ANO DOM 1708 IN HUNC SITUM E MEDIA
VIA TRANSLATUM 1874

Part of the thorough supply system to Modbury, in use until the 1950s.

Listing NGR: SX6590951822

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401883

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)