Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1981. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- swift-sandstone-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southampton
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1981
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20/12/2012
5239 SU 4211 4/155
HOUNDWELL PARK Drinking Fountain
II
Dated 1859 with granite inscription. Built of stone. Tapering square pillar of small blocks of rusticated ashlar with cornice, pediments on all 4 sides, the whole surmounted by ball finial. Stone seats at base on all 4 sides. Two iron lions' head masks. Presented by the Victorian Philanthropst Charles Pierre Melly (1829-1888). Melly erected the first free public drinking fountains in England in Liverpool in 1854. The idea was subsequently copied in towns and cities throughout the country, and in Scotland and Ireland. London's first fountain was not erected until five years later in 1859. He was also a promoter of physical fitness and the early Olympic movement in Britain.
Listing NGR: SU4255313582
Detailed Attributes
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