Drinking fountain, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. Drinking fountain.
Drinking fountain, Market Place
- WRENN ID
- small-clay-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1976
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 18/11/2020
SD2273 708-1/11/182
BARROW IN FURNESS Dalton In Furness MARKET PLACE Drinking fountain
06/05/76
GV II Drinking fountain. 1897 by Walter MacFarlane and Co of Glasgow, restored 1980s. Cast-iron. Four-columned umbrella over fountain on stone plinth. Fluted columns with ornamental bases and capitals support moulded and cusped arches with pierced spandrels and corner dragons. Roundels above each arch: that to west with cartouche inscribed 'ERECTED IN MEMORY OF HER MAJESTYS DIAMOND JUBILEE'; above it the motto 'KEEP THE PAVEMENT DRY'. Pierced canopy with crown finial. The fountain beneath has broad bowl on four-columned shaft. The rear roundel depicts Queen Victoria whilst the side roundels both depict herons.
A matching fountain exists at Askam-in-Furness, Duke Street (qv).
Listing NGR: SD2264773965
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