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Latitude: 51.5173 / 51°31'2"N
Longitude: -0.1528 / 0°9'9"W
OS Eastings: 528268
OS Northings: 181435
OS Grid: TQ282814
Mapcode National: GBR 9B.W8
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.94L5
Plus Code: 9C3XGR8W+WV
Entry Name: Drinking Fountain in the forecourt of Hertford House (The Wallace Collection)
Listing Date: 23 July 1991
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1277828
English Heritage Legacy ID: 430324
ID on this website: 101277828
Location: Marylebone, Westminster, London, W1U
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: Marylebone High Street
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: All Souls Langham Place
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Wallace fountain Drinking fountain
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Drinking Fountain in the forecourt of Hertford House (The Wallace Collection)
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II*
Drinking fountain. c1878, designed by Charles Lebourg. Cast iron. Octagonal plinth with enriched scrolled consoles alternating with moulded dolphins on facets surmounted by four caryatids carrying an octagonal entablature with canopy having simulated fish-scale details and other enrichment. A fine example of a type presented to the City of Paris by Sir Richard Wallace, Anglo-Parisian philanthropist and founder of the Wallace Collection, who at his own cost erected many fountains similar to those in London throughout Paris.
Listing NGR: TQ2826881435
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