Latitude: 51.5328 / 51°31'58"N
Longitude: -0.1506 / 0°9'2"W
OS Eastings: 528373
OS Northings: 183168
OS Grid: TQ283831
Mapcode National: GBR B4.CP
Mapcode Global: VHGQS.BQQS
Plus Code: 9C3XGRMX+4Q
Entry Name: Drinking fountain south east of Zoological Gardens
Listing Date: 5 February 1970
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1066376
English Heritage Legacy ID: 208837
Also known as: Parsee Fountain
Ready Money Drinking Fountain
ID on this website: 101066376
Location: Regent's Park, Camden, London, NW1
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: Regent's Park
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Mary Magdalene Munster Sq.
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Drinking fountain
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10 June 2024 to correct a typo in the description and to reformat the text to current standards
TQ 2883 SW
REGENT'S PARK, NW1
BROAD WALK
Drinking fountain south east of Zoological Gardens
5.2.70
GV
II
Drinking fountain. 1869. Designed by Robert Keirle, architect to The Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. For Sir Cowasjee Jehangir. White Sicilian marble, pink and grey Aberdeen granite. Gothic design set on octagonal base of two steps. Rectangular plinth with large D-shaped faceted basins on paired colonnettes to each face; flanked on each face by rectangular standing blocks for children. Rectangular fountain with paired colonnettes at angles supporting star enriched frieze and gabled spire with pinnacles of small spires at angles. Crocketed gables on three faces contain carved busts of the donor, the Prince Consort and Queen Victoria; the fourth once carried a clock. Each face with enriched pointed arch on half-length pilasters flanking the water spout set in geometrically patterned carved marble.
HISTORICAL NOTE: known as the Parsee fountain after its benefactor, the monument was presented as a token of gratitude to the people of England for the protection enjoyed by him and his countrymen under British rule in India. The fountain cost £1,400 and was opened by Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck.
Features in the Zoological Gardens are listed in the LB of Westminster.
Listing NGR: TQ2837383168
The asset was previously listed twice also under London Borough of Camden at List entry 1272351. This entry was removed from the List on 25 July 2017.
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