Drinking fountain and canopy, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1987. Drinking fountain.

Drinking fountain and canopy, High Street

WRENN ID
ancient-forge-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1987
Type
Drinking fountain
Source
Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/11/2020

SP 09 SW 5/73

SANDWELL MB West Bromwich High Street Drinking fountain and canopy

(Formerly listed as Drinking Fountain canopy, West Bromwich, DARTMOUTH PARK, SANDWELL MB)

18.6.87

II

Drinking fountain and canopy. 1885. Cast iron. Decorated round columns have foliated capitals. Each side of the upper part has a multi-cusped round arch and openwork foliage decoration. Above each arch is a circle with ropework border containing a cartouche with the figure of a stork. On one side there is an inscription instead of a stork: "In loving memory of Elizabeth Farley. This fountain was erected by her son Alderman Farley JP 1885". A dome with openwork decoration between ribs is surmounted by an eagle. Some of the column bases are inscribed: "W MACFARLANE & CO GLASGOW".

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