Obelisk And Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1971. Monument.
Obelisk And Fountain
- WRENN ID
- tilted-storey-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1971
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRIGHTON
TQ3104NW VICTORIA GARDENS 577-1/33/1139 (North side) 20/08/71 Obelisk and Fountain (Formerly Listed as: Fountain at north end of Victoria Gardens)
II
Monument in the form of an obelisk. 1871. Granite. Notionally circular base divided into 2 broad segments, originally drinking troughs for animals, and 2 narrow segments which give access to the 2 raised drinking basins for humans. Octagonal base tapering to a square; on the south side of the square a bronze plaque records the gift of the monument to the town by Frederick Chatfield in 1871; a plaque on the north side records the names of Richard Webb, Mayor and Richard Keirle, architect. Above this rises the needle of the obelisk which has a narrow chamfered band near its base and a broader plain band a little above that; about half-way up the needle are 8-pointed stars cut in the stone work, one on the north and one on the south side.
Listing NGR: TQ3144304737
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