Description

SO 61 SE NEWNHAM HIGH STREET
(west side)
2/55
Memorial Fountain
-

- II

Fountain. Dated 1897. Cotswold limestone. About 3 m high set in central
strip of High Street, opposite Ashby House. Stone basin with arched niche
carrying frieze and dentilled cornice, upper obelisk supported by four
scrolled buttresses set diagonally. Lower part of obelisk carries VR mono-
gram on square panel in stone with carved foliage decoration. Lion-head
spouts to basin and carved dolphins in niche recess; bronze plaque in frieze
panel, inscribed VR 1897; also new plates GRV 1935 and ERII 1977. The whole
set on engineering brick paved area to recess retained by rubble sandstone
wall.

Listing NGR: SO6906111742

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26393082

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)