Dryland Fountain

Dryland Fountain is a Grade II listed structure made of carved limestone. It features a tall rectangular pedestal topped with an entablature and a carved finial. The north and south faces are adorned with carved swags of flowers and prominent scrolls or volutes at the base, situated above a limestone horse trough. The western face displays the inscription ‘A MAN / GREATLY / BELOVED’ within a roundel, along with ‘ERECTED BY / PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION’ in a lower panel. The eastern face commemorates ‘JOHN WINTER / DRYLAND / M.R.C.S L.M L.S.A / J.P / 1834-1906’.

At the base, the fountain flows into a semi-circular ribbed or ‘gadrooned’ basin. An inscription on the south elevation has eroded beyond readability, while the corresponding panel on the north elevation reads ‘HE PRAYETH WELL/ WHO LOVETH WELL / BOTH MAN AND / BIRD AND BEAST’. A small brass plaque above the basin notes that the monument was refurbished in 1994 by KG Wright (Builders) Ltd, with support from the Civic Society of Kettering, the county council, and Anglian Water.