Holman Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Public fountain.

Holman Fountain

WRENN ID
still-grate-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Type
Public fountain
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CAMBORNE CHAPEL STREET SW 64 SW (centre, north end) 10/30 Holman Fountain GV II

Public fountain. Dated 1890 on north side. Granite ashlar and cast iron, with brass furnishings. Circular plan. Two-tier bowls surmounted by a lamp standard; the lower bowl is approx. 3 metres in diameter and 1/2 metre high, and has a hollow-moulded rim; a short circular pedestal in the centre carries the smaller upper bowl, which has a cyma-moulded underside and a chamfered rim, and a square central pedestal with lion-head spouts in each side and a cast-iron lamp standard on the top. The lower pedestal is lettered on the north side:- PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF CAMBORNE BY JOHN HOLMAN OF CAMBORNE VEOR 1890 (Holman's engineering firm was the principal manufacturer of mining machinery in this area.)

Listing NGR: SW6471140084

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