Drinking Fountain in the forecourt of Hertford House (The Wallace Collection) is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1991. Fountain. 8 related planning applications.
Drinking Fountain in the forecourt of Hertford House (The Wallace Collection)
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-moat-aspen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1991
- Type
- Fountain
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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TQ 2881 SW 55/103
MANCHESTER SQUARE Drinking Fountain in the forecourt of Hertford House (The Wallace Collection)
GV II*
Drinking fountain. c1878, designed by Charles Lebourg. Cast iron. Octagonal plinth with enriched scrolled consoles alternating with moulded dolphins on facets surmounted by four caryatids carrying an octagonal entablature with canopy having simulated fish-scale details and other enrichment. A fine example of a type presented to the City of Paris by Sir Richard Wallace, Anglo-Parisian philanthropist and founder of the Wallace Collection, who at his own cost erected many fountains similar to those in London throughout Paris.
Listing NGR: TQ2826881435
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