Drinking fountain, (at) 3 South Promenade, Newcastle, Ballaghbeg, Co Down

A granite drinking fountain, or trough, was built in 1893 and is set into the boundary wall to the west side of South Promenade, fronting the Annesley Estate office. The structure is built in a Tudoresque style, featuring a small gable with projecting piers and a large granite trough below, with a small tap above. The gable has chamfered coping and a central memorial plaque in Portland stone, edged with polished granite. This plaque is ornamented with a moulded coronet and is dedicated to Priscilla Cecilia, Countess of Annesley. Stocky, projecting piers with cornice-like courses and chamfered caps are situated at the gable ends, resting on plainer piers which project from the low boundary wall, upon which the gable rests. The boundary wall retains its original wrought iron railings. The fountain was erected in 1893 through public subscription, and was dedicated along with a nearby hall to the memory of Priscilla Cecilia, Countess of Annesley, who died two years prior. The hall appears to be a remodelling of a school house originally built in 1857.