Listed Building: BARTON WELL (SPOUT, SHELTER AND TWO TROUGHS) (1228522)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 245, 3, 9
Date assigned 28 November 1984
Date last amended

Description

SJ 45 SE BARTON C.P. BROXTON ROAD North Side 3/9 Barton Well (spout, shelter and 2 troughs) - II Water-spout, shelter and 2 troughs 1782? of stone. Rectangular troughs cut from massive sandstone blocks. The rear part of the troughs is roofed (about 0.70 metre above their rims) with 2 large slabs of stone supported by 3 corbel-shaped vertical slabs. An iron spout feeds the west trough. The troughs face away from the road; the stone retaining wall at their rear is beneath the back of the pavement. Probably built when the road was turnpiked in 1782. Listing NGR: SJ4519954250

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  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 402903. [Mapped features: #4559 402903; #9864 402903]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 4519 5425 (4m by 5m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ45SE
Civil Parish BARTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Oct 30 2009 12:00PM