Water Fountain Byland with Wass, England

Listed Building Data

Water Fountain has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1315791
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
11 December 1985
Name
WATER FOUNTAIN
Location
WATER FOUNTAIN, MAIN STREET
Parish
Byland with Wass
District
Ryedale
County
North Yorkshire
Grid Reference
SE 55581 79293
Easting
455581.0000
Northing
479293.0000

Listed Building Description

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BYLAND WITH WASS MAIN STREET SE 57 NE (north side) Wass 5/22 Water Fountain

GV II

Water fountain. 1870. Cast-iron and limestone ashlar. Trough in U-shaped surround. Trough inscribed HMS 1870, fed by stream of water from carved lion's mouth in 6-course surround. HMS are the initials of Henry Miles Stapylton. The Stapylton family owned the Byland and Wass estate from 1739 to the 1880's.

Listing NGR: SE5558179293