Drinking Fountain, Govan Cross, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 May 1987. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.

Drinking Fountain, Govan Cross, Glasgow

WRENN ID
sombre-string-holly
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 May 1987
Type
Drinking fountain
OS grid reference
NS 554 657
Coordinates
55.86306, -4.31114
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The drinking fountain at Govan Cross in Glasgow was created by Cruikshanks and Co from Denny Iron Works in 1884. It features a cast-iron design with a small boy standing on a rock in an upturned dish. This central figure is surrounded by a hexagonal arcade supported by six cast-iron columns, each adorned with bell capitals and inward-facing mythological beasts. These columns carry drop-traceried cusped arches, which are topped with decorative brattishing and plaques displaying the Arms of Govan, as well as symbols of the Masonic and Oddfellow societies, along with a dedication to John Aitkin, MD. The fountain is crowned with a cast-iron ogee fish-scale roof and an elaborate finial.

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