Gladstone Memorial Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 November 1994. Vernacular dwelling.

Gladstone Memorial Fountain

WRENN ID
solemn-screen-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 November 1994
Type
Vernacular dwelling
Source
Cadw listing

Description

3-sided stone fountain in municipal Renaissance style with a dedication plaque in the S face. Relief portraits of Gladstone and his wife in roundels, in W and E faces respectively. Swagged surrounds. Classical flaming urn finial. The upper half of each face has the inscription Drink ye... the water... of life respectively, under arched cornices. Base with moulded plinth and scrolled corners. Above these are, N, a sculpted, armed putto sitting astride a dolphin, and at the other corners griffins bearing the arms of the Glynnes and the Gladstones. Acanthas decoration to lower sections with central lozenges containing lion's heads.

The fountain is now disused.

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