Drinking fountain, Market Place

This drinking fountain, located in the Market Place of Dalton in Furness, was built in 1897 by Walter MacFarlane and Co of Glasgow and restored in the 1980s. It is made of cast iron and features a four-columned umbrella over the fountain, which stands on a stone plinth. The fluted columns have ornamental bases and capitals that support moulded and cusped arches, adorned with pierced spandrels and corner dragons. Above each arch are roundels, with the western roundel inscribed with the cartouche 'ERECTED IN MEMORY OF HER MAJESTYS DIAMOND JUBILEE' and the motto 'KEEP THE PAVEMENT DRY' above it. The canopy is pierced and topped with a crown finial. The fountain itself has a broad bowl on a four-columned shaft, with a roundel at the back depicting Queen Victoria and side roundels that each show herons. There is a matching fountain located at Askam-in-Furness on Duke Street.