Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE EASTGATE STREET
639-1/8/350 (North side)
Drinking Trough, The Broadway

GV II

Drinking trough, now disused. 1875. Granite. Sited in the open
area at the front of The Broadway. The main horse-trough is a
plain rectangular stone basin supported at each end on a plain
stone block. Below it is a shallow trough set at ground level.
Across the front 'BE MERCIFUL TO MAN AND BEAST 'is cut in
large letters. On the side, a metal plate bears the words
'Presented to this Borough by Lady Bunbury Novr 1875'. On the
outer side on the left is a small basin; the metal fittings
and tap are missing.

Listing NGR: TL8581164405

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26627390

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)