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Latitude: 50.8951 / 50°53'42"N
Longitude: -2.7516 / 2°45'5"W
OS Eastings: 347236
OS Northings: 110894
OS Grid: ST472108
Mapcode National: GBR MJ.RSTB
Mapcode Global: FRA 563Q.ZTF
Plus Code: 9C2VV6WX+29
Entry Name: Water hydrant outside Bramble Cottage
Listing Date: 29 September 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1438317
ID on this website: 101438317
Location: Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset, TA18
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Haselbury Plucknett
Built-Up Area: Haselbury Plucknett
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Church of England Parish: Haselbury Plucknett
Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells
Tagged with: Architectural structure
A water hydrant, cast by Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock, dating from the late C19 or early C20.
A water hydrant, cast by Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock, dating from the late C19 or early C20.
MATERIALS
Cast iron.
DESCRIPTION
The hydrant has a fluted pillar on a plinth, with a band to the head, under a fluted domical cap with a bud finial. A lion head is cast into one side, and four spouts with keyed stoppers are set in the band. The hydrant is painted black with the lion-head mask picked out in gold.
This hydrant, one of a group of similar hydrants in Haselbury Plucknett, was installed in the later C19 or early C20 by Lord Portman of Orchard Portman, lord of the manor, as Haselbury Plucknett did not have a public water supply until 1936. After this the hydrants went out of use, but continue to form part of the street scene.
The late-C19 or early-C20 lion-head hydrant outside Bramble Cottage is listed, for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: a well-cast, highly decorative example of a street hydrant, surviving intact;
* Historic interest: evidence of the philanthropic provision of a safe, clean water supply for the inhabitants of the village before municipal piped water;
* Group value: with the other six lion-head hydrants around the village.
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