Cistern
Category
Historic Services / Water & sewage
Date
1788
Materials
lead
Measurements
925 x 1400 x 760 mm
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Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex
NT 200050
Summary
Lead water cistern. Frieze of leaves top and bottom. Two panels with raised double borders, each containing a Griffon crest. The letters CBB (centre B raised above other two letters) centre top.
Provenance
Purchased by Sir Robert and Lady Mary Witt for the garden at Alfriston Clergy House. Willed on the death of Sir Robert Witt with the tenancy of the Clergy House to Miss Thyra Creyke-Clark and given to the National Trust on her death in 1974.
Marks and inscriptions
Embossed on front: CBB Embossed on front: 17 / 88