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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