Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
1446
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/11/1987
Date of Amendment
24/11/1987
Name of Property
Mary Short Memorial Drinking Fountain
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
St. Asaph
Town
Locality
Easting
303622
Northing
374263
Street Side
Location
At the roadside at the east end of the bridge.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Robust granite memorial to Mary Short, probably erected by her husband Bishop Vowler short (Bishop 1846-70).
Exterior
Polygonal piers forward at either end with stepped parapet over tablet set into broad foliage - trailed border and inscibed with biblical messages. Lions head to centre has fountain spout with chain, cup lost; trefoil scalloped low basin.
Interior
Reason for designation
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