Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Fountain. 1 related planning application.

Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain

WRENN ID: stubborn-pediment-clover
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Reading
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 December 1978
Type: Fountain
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SU 7173 SW 2/562

READING St Mary's Butts Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain

Designed by G.W. Webb. Portland stone. Ashlar with polished granite columns and red sandstone bands. Oval three stage fountain. Large lower basin (now flower beds) and drinking bowls. Colonnaded drum with inscribed frieze. Smaller drum over with canopied oval cone supporting single columns capped by griffins and further capped by crown. Water formerly spouted from the top and from the gargoyles' mouths. A typical Victorian amalgam of forms and conceits.

Listing NGR: SU7136973303

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