Christ Church Gardens Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Drinking fountain.

Christ Church Gardens Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
upper-spandrel-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3180 BLACKFRIARS ROAD 636-1/1/886 Christ Church Gardens Drinking Fountain

II

Drinking fountain. 1900. Erected by the Metropolitan Public Gardens association at the expense of John Passmore Edwards the philanthropist, who also provided 3 other drinking fountains in different parts of London. Chamfered square stone base on plinth with sculptured bowl to one side and metal bowl to the other. Central chamfered square stone feature with pyramidal roof has copper inscription. 4 bracketed wooden corner posts support conical tiled roof with elaborate copper finial. The whole structure is set on an octagonal step. The other drinking fountains which Passmore Edwards provided were at Hoxton Square, Duncan Terrace, Islington and Leyton Square, Camberwell, and were all completely different.

Listing NGR: TQ3156680282

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