Drinking Fountain, 30 Metres South-East Of Entrance To Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain, 30 Metres South-East Of Entrance To Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- long-mantel-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 22 NW SHILDON CENTRAL PARADE (South side, off)
4/71 Drinking fountain, 30 metres south-east of entrance to Recreation Ground II
Public drinking fountain. 1914 by Hill and Smith Ltd. of Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. Octagonal stone plinth; cast-iron canopy and tapering, cylindrical fountain with bowl. 8 slender, ribbed columns, with shaped bases and foliage capitals, support an octagonal, pierced, arcaded drum and cupola. The drum has 8 roundels, between dragon's heads, depicting a railway locomotive designed by Timothy Hackworth. One roundel, to the west, is inscribed: PRESENTED TO THE INHABITANTS OF SHILDON BY THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD SHILDON WORKMEN'S CLUB. NOVEMBER 1914.
Listing NGR: NZ2293526298
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