Fountain 5 Metres South East Of Sunderland Cemetery North Chapel

This is a fountain located 5 metres southeast of the North Chapel at Sunderland Cemetery, dating from around 1860. It is constructed from yellow and red sandstone ashlar, along with red and grey granite. A marble plaque on the east side of the base is signed by J McMillan. The fountain features a carved Scotia-moulded plinth with a red granite bowl that projects from the cornice. The next section has elaborate scroll carvings and female heads on all sides, with a lion mask on one side from which a tap protrudes over the basin, situated below a moulded cornice. A round polished red granite shaft rises from acanthus leaves at the base to corbelled arcaded shafts beneath a prominent moulded cornice. At the top, there is an octagonal ashlar blind lantern with granite roundels recessed on all sides, and it is capped with octagonal coping that gathers into a crocketed finial.