Drinking fountain south east of Zoological Gardens

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TQ 2883 SW

REGENT'S PARK, NW1 BROAD WALK Drinking fountain south east of Zoological Gardens

5.2.70

GV II

Drinking fountain. 1869. Designed by Robert Keirle, architect to The Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. For Sir Cowasjee Jehangir. White Sicilian marble, pink and grey Aberdeen granite. Gothic design set on octagonal base of two steps. Rectangular plinth with large D-shaped faceted basins on paired colonnettes to each face; flanked on each face by rectangular standing blocks for children. Rectangular fountain with paired colonnettes at angles supporting star enriched frieze and gabled spire with pinnacles of small spires at angles. Crocketed gables on three faces contain carved busts of the donor, the Prince Consort and Queen Victoria; the fourth once carried a clock. Each face with enriched pointed arch on half-length pilasters flanking the water spout set in geometrically patterned carved marble.

HISTORICAL NOTE: known as the Parsee fountain after its benefactor, the monument was presented as a token of gratitude to the people of England for the protection enjoyed by him and his countrymen under British rule in India. The fountain cost £1,400 and was opened by Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck.

Features in the Zoological Gardens are listed in the LB of Westminster.

Listing NGR: TQ2837383168

The asset was previously listed twice also under London Borough of Camden at List entry 1272351. This entry was removed from the List on 25 July 2017.