Chalybeate Well And Drinking Fountain Flanked By Steps

CAMDEN

TQ2686SE WELL WALK 798-1/17/1700 (North side) 14/05/74 Chalybeate well and drinking fountain flanked by steps (Formerly Listed as: WELL WALK Fountain opposite Well Passage)

GV II

Chalybeate well and drinking fountain flanked by steps. 1882. By HS Legg. South side with rusticated granite base flanked by swept granite walls with spurstones which also flank ascending stone steps; Portland stone superstructure. Base with trough over which a channelled granite arch with keystone. Above, a stone plinth with dentil cornice continuing around the pilasters at angles with carved floral panels. Plinth inscribed "Chalybeate Well" above the arch and with central granite panel inscribed "To the memory of the Hon. Susanna Noel who with her son Baptist 3rd Earl of Gainsborough gave this well together with 6 acres of land to the use and benefit of the poor of Hampstead 20 December 1698./Drink traveller and with strength renewed/Let a kind thought be given/To her who has thy thirst subdued/Then tender thanks to Heaven." Plinth supports a shaped pediment with carved cartouche including a coat of arms. North side plainer with pilasters flanking the stone plinth with dentil cornice and central faceted granite bowel set in a shaped panel; pediment with carved coat of arms in a roundel. HISTORICAL NOTE: during the early C18 Hampstead became famous for its chalybeate waters. The original spa building stood opposite.

Listing NGR: TQ2671786054