Description

FARTHINGSTONE MAIN STREET
SP6155 (South side)
14/75 Shelter at Joy Mead recreation
ground
GV II
Shelter. 1922, by Talbot Brown and Fisher of Wellingborough. Coursed squared
ironstone, dressed ironstone and Collyweston stone slate roof. Single storey.
Wide depressed entrance arch within open stone porch with two round columns to
front on 2 steps, bearing low basket arches to front and sides, with keyblock to
front. Porch has hipped roof. The porch is flanked by open windows at either end
of front with chamfered basket arches supported by square colonnettes at angles.
Similar windows to sides, and 2-light arched mullion windows further back on
either side. Datestones in gables either side. Opposite entrance arch inside, an
alcove with wide depressed arch. Within alcove, a central niche with round arch
head and moulded stone surround containing inscription commemorating Joy, only
daughter of Phillip and Georgette Agnew, who died 1921 aged 22, to whom
recreation ground and shelter dedicated.

Listing NGR: SP6143455031

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26627376

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)