Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Fountain. 1 related planning application.

Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow

WRENN ID
knotted-frieze-briar
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Fountain
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Stewart Memorial Fountain, located in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, was designed by architect James Sellars and sculpted by John Mossman in 1872, with bronze work by H Pringle & Co. This elaborately carved Gothic fountain is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features granite, marble, and majolica dressings, along with cast-bronze sculptures.

The fountain consists of three tiered basins, with the middle basin showcasing inset flying buttresses supported by lions seated on plinths. At the center, a shaft rises to hold a bronze statue of a draped female figure. The outer basin at ground level is made of plain grey granite, while the main inner basin is crafted from ashlar and includes four small aedicule features resembling wall-tombs or reliquaries. These features are supported by marble colonnettes and topped with pediments on either side of a bronze panel set within an ogival frame.

A "fish scale" ogee canopy connects the two pediments. The four semi-circular bronze panels on the inner basin feature medallion portraits of Stewart and a dedicatory inscription on the north and south sides, while the east and west sides depict symbolic bas-reliefs representing Loch Katrine and Glasgow, and the Lady of the Lake, respectively. Additionally, the middle basin includes ceramic roundel insets of zodiacal signs.

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