Creative Midlands heritage



"Creative Midlands heritage


Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:45 AM PDT
Garden of Remembrance and Lichfield War Memorial







The gate piers, complete with heraldic lions holding the Lichfield Arms















Slate panels with the names of the fallen in World War 1















Slate panels with the names of the fallen from WW2 and later conflicts















Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:59 AM PDT
Grade II listed and hidden away in the north west corner of the Cathedral Close.

Conduit head and pump. 1786. Ashlar. Pump encased in tall
square structure, with adjoining low platform. Pump casing has
band below round niche to each face and simple domed cap; slit
for handle to west, spout to north. Platform has inset stone
basin. The conduit was established c1140-7, the supply being
augmented in 1259, an early example of a piped water supply.
(from listed buildings online)













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