Drinking Fountain (Approximately 2 Metres North East Of Children'S Pond) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1991. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain (Approximately 2 Metres North East Of Children'S Pond)
- WRENN ID
- riven-flagstone-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1991
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 2782 NE REGENTS PARK 24/13 Drinking Fountain (approximately 2 m north-east of Children's Boating Pond)
II
Drinking fountain. Installed 1878 by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Polished pink granite. Hexagonal base with niche accommodating semi-circular dog bowl; circular pedestal with circular top having 4 D-shaped inset basins and central fluted urn with spouts. All set on an hexagonal stone ground with 4 rectangular grey granite standing blocks for children. Founded in 1859 the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association (Cattle Trough added 1867) provided free fresh water to many humans and beasts at a time when ale and spirits were easier to obtain than water and most supplies contaminated. The Christian association of water and purity of spirit led evangelical Victorians to become patrons of the Association which provided a catalogue of functional designs although some wealthy patrons used their own.
Listing NGR: TQ2759982734
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