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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 NE 207 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former site of the Fountain House, Cobham Hall |
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Summary
The Fountain House was built in the late 17th century to supply water from a spring to Cobham Hall. It was demolished after the Pump House was built to the west.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6844 6941 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66NE |
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| Parish: | COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The Fountain House formerly stood in this location, over a spring which supplied Cobham Hall with water. It was probably a scheme engineered by Sir Charles Bickerstaffe in the late 17th century. The Fountain House was depicted on a map of 1749 as a rectangular building with seven small settling tanks along the route of the conduit. Following the construction of the pump house to the west, this building fell from use and was demolished. A summer house was built on the site in the early 19th century.
In 1959 excavations carried out within Cobham located the conduit (TQ 66 NE 3) which ran from the Fountain House. (1-2)
A.C. Harrison, Arch Cant 1984, 1984, Fountain House, Cobham Hall (Article in serial). SKE29319.
<1> English Heritage, 2002, Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds (Unpublished document). SKE17515.
<2> J.E.L. Caiger, 1969, The Pumphouse on Cobham Hall Estate (Article in serial). SKE17516.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Article in serial: A.C. Harrison, Arch Cant 1984. 1984. Fountain House, Cobham Hall. Arch Cant 101, 1984, pp. 358-359. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2002. Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds. |
| <2> | Article in serial: J.E.L. Caiger. 1969. The Pumphouse on Cobham Hall Estate. Arch Cant 84: 161-174. |
Related records
| TQ 66 NE 3 | Parent of: Late 17th century conduit, Cobham Hall (Monument) |
