Description

NY 62 NE DUFTON THE GREEN, DUFTON
(Centre)

19/109 Pump near east end

II

Pump, erected by the London Lead Company in the late C19. Circular in plan.
Constructed of ashlar with chamfered plinth and roll-moulded rim to basin.
Incised stucco column rising from centre of basin has cast-iron, lion's head,
waterspout on south side; slot for pump handle on north side is blocked. A
quotation from Ovid is carved between 2 roll-mouldings at the top of the column
on the south side: FONS ERAT INLIMIS, NITIDIS ARGENTEUS UNDIS QUEM NEQUE
PASTORES, NEQUE PASTAE MONTE CAPELLAE INFICIENT. ALIUDVE PECUS QUEM NULLA
VOLUCRIS NEC FERA PERTURBAT. NEC LAPSUS AB ARBORE RAMUS.

Listing NGR: NY6891625076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438006

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)