Memorial Horse Trough Opposite Albert Gate Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1991. A Victorian Memorial trough.
Memorial Horse Trough Opposite Albert Gate Entrance
- WRENN ID
- upper-footing-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1991
- Type
- Memorial trough
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 2779 NE HYDE PARK
87/53 Memorial Horse Trough opposite Albert Gate Entrance
II
Memorial horse trough. 1892, donated by J H Buxton through the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association. Grey granite double trough supported blocks with spur stones at either end; waste water tray beneath. Cistern at one end. Formerly located at Blackfriars Bridge, the trough was moved to the present site 1985 as a memorial to horses killed in the IRA terrorist bombing of the Household Cavalry a year earlier. The south end carries a cast iron memorial plaque. Founded in 1859 The Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association (Cattle rough 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 contamina- ted. Cattle driven to the metropolitan markets and, by 1885, over 50,000 working horses in London were spared the frequent risk of death from dehydration by the provision of troughs.
Listing NGR: TQ2790579848
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