Earlsdon Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 2017. Drinking fountain.
Earlsdon Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- floating-lintel-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 2017
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Earlsdon Drinking Fountain is a cast-iron drinking fountain made by George Smith & Co in Glasgow during the 1860s. Originally located outside the Church of St John the Baptist in Coventry around 1870, it was moved to its current position on Earlsdon Avenue in 1921.
This octagonal fountain stands on a tapered plinth with a concave waist. It features a water bowl on the west and east faces, each equipped with a brass water tap above. Additionally, there are two openings at the base that serve as water basins for animals. The fountain is topped with an ogee cupola that has a gold-painted acorn finial and an embossed motif featuring a fleur-de-lis on all four sides. The band beneath the cupola is adorned with decorative bolts at regular intervals, which have also been painted gold.
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