Fountain, Dunville Park, Falls Road, Belfast, County Antrim

Ornamental terracotta fountain of eclectic style dating from 1892 to designs by A. E. Pearce and built by the firm Doulton & Co. of London, located in the centre of Dunville Park. The park is located to the corner of Grosvenor Road and Falls Road. Large three-tier fountain of buff Victorian terracotta located in the centre of a circular pool. The stem culminates in a small ornamented circular dish having a painted glazed ball finial. The first tier is supported by an octagonal panelled shaft with moulded top and scrolled coping. Four buttresses with moulded cornices support Renaissance column shaped painted glazed finials and are set in the second larger ornamented circular dish. The second tier is supported on the circular plan shaft with relief ornamentation and four projecting pilasters with painted glazed terracotta detailing. Large ornamented circular dish with lion heads to third tier, supported on a circular plan arcade with eight square-section panelled columns having elaborately carved capitals. The arcade stands upon a moulded octagonal stone base. Moulded coping to the lobed plan plinth forming a smaller pool to the base of the fountain. The circular plan main pool is formed by a dwarf terracotta wall with moulded coping. A pedimented rectangular section terracotta drinking fountain stands on the SE part of the stone wall. Pediment with scrolled top and the engraved date ‘1892’ to SE elevation. Round arch to centre, with a pronounced keystone and projecting drinking bowl. The drinking fountain has strapwork decoration and is flanked by ornamented pilasters. The NW elevation is decorated with carved human faces. Setting: The fountain is enclosed by modern cast iron railings with arrow head railing tops and square section standards with ball finials. It is located in the centre of Dunville Park to the corner of Grosvenor Road and Falls Road.