Hebburn, Ellison Street, drinking fountain

HER Number:
8166

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, Ellison Street, drinking fountain

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Fountain

Site Type: Specific:
Drinking Fountain

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Drinking fountain. Late C19. Mills Brothers, sculptors, London; Emley and Walker founders, Newcastle. Cast iron. Shell tap in arched recess with many- scrolled surround having high relief figures, on corbelled plinths, of Moses with raised arm holding rod at left, woman among bulrushes at right; winged cherubs in clouds above quotation. Psalms CV 41. Was LISTED GRADE 2 but delisted in 2014

Easting:
3039

Northing:
6530

Grid Reference:
NZ30396530

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 1/77; English Heritage, 27 January 2014, Advice Report, List Entry Number 1355090