Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- knotted-rood-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 2010
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HEDGEMEAD PARK 656-1/0/0 Drinking fountain
GV II
Drinking fountain. c1890. Possibly designed by TB Silcock, but see below. MATERIALS: Cast iron on a stone plinth. PLAN: Basically tapering cylinder approx 4m high, standing on three-step octagonal stone base. Four projecting ornamented segmental curved bowls at waist height supported at junctions by mythical rampant lions and strapwork bands, above each bowl scrolled pediment against fluted backing with water jets between scrolls. Base of main shaft fluted with ring of stylized acanthus leaves. Above band with four scrolled horn like projections possibly brackets holding chains to former drinking cups, upper part ornamented with willow leaves and berries, cylindrical capital has ring moulding and acanthus type leaves supporting octagonal cyma moulded bowl. From centre of bowl rises a spread eagle on moulded octagonal base. HISTORY: Hedgemead Park was laid out by TB Silcock in 1889, and he may have designed this fountain, but it could equally well have been bought from a catalogue. SOURCES: [R. Gilding, `Historic Public Parks. Avon' (1997), 35-39].
Listing NGR: ST7503565616
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