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Roadside Horse Trough and Drinking Fountain

A Grade II Listed Building in Speldhurst, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1203 / 51°7'13"N

Longitude: 0.1887 / 0°11'19"E

OS Eastings: 553272

OS Northings: 137944

OS Grid: TQ532379

Mapcode National: GBR MPW.LK2

Mapcode Global: VHHQK.733J

Plus Code: 9F3245CQ+4F

Entry Name: Roadside Horse Trough and Drinking Fountain

Listing Date: 24 August 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1240714

English Heritage Legacy ID: 439222

ID on this website: 101240714

Location: Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3

County: Kent

District: Tunbridge Wells

Civil Parish: Speldhurst

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Speldhurst St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

Tagged with: Manger

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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

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