Description

TQ 53 37 SPELDHURST GROOMBRIDGE HILL (west side),
OLD GROOMBRIDGE
16/517 Roadside horse trough and
drinking fountain

GV II

Horse trough and drinking fountain. Dated 1894 and erected in memory of
William Coston Oswell who built the Norman Shaw house, Hillside (q.v.) further
up the hill. Polished grey limestone with some glazed red brick. Both are
set into a coursed sandstone wall revetting the hillside. They are set
alongside the road up Groombridge Hill facing south. The trough is supported
on 2 piers of glazed brick. It is set in front of a back piece built of brick
up as high as the rim and is surmounted by a large limestone panel with
curvilinear shaped head. In the centre a vesica-shaped panel is scribed with
the date 1894 above an inscription in capital letters commemorating William
Coston Oswell. There are stone shelves each side of the trough. Nearby, to
right, is the drinking fountain which is built in the style of an
ecclesiastical piscina with a trefoil-headed niche and projecting bowl on
moulded base.

This horse trough and drinking fountain form part of the important group of
listed buildings in the vicinity of Groombridge Place (q.v.) and Old
Groombridge village.

Listing NGR: TQ5327237944

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533621

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy