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Drinking Fountain approximately 500 metres to south-east of Church of Holy Trinity

A Grade II Listed Building in Lambeth, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4618 / 51°27'42"N

Longitude: -0.1406 / 0°8'26"W

OS Eastings: 529268

OS Northings: 175281

OS Grid: TQ292752

Mapcode National: GBR DZ.L5

Mapcode Global: VHGR5.JJ08

Plus Code: 9C3XFV65+MQ

Entry Name: Drinking Fountain approximately 500 metres to south-east of Church of Holy Trinity

Listing Date: 27 March 1981

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1122676

English Heritage Legacy ID: 204562

ID on this website: 101122676

Location: Clapham Common, Clapham, Lambeth, London, SW4

County: London

District: Lambeth

Electoral Ward/Division: Clapham Town

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Lambeth

Traditional County: Surrey

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: Clapham Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Southwark

Tagged with: Drinking fountain Sculpture

Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 June 2025 to amend the language in the description and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ 2975
16/1091

Clapham SW4
(off) THE PAVEMENT (south side)
Drinking Fountain approx 500 metres to south-east of Church of Holy Trinity

II

1884. Gift of the United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Institution. Stout polished granite column fanned out to square plinth which has on each face a basin and a lion head spout. Modern basin covers and jets. Octagonal base with curved step beneath each basin.

Heroic size bronze group on top: a standing woman holding a jug with her arm around a seated man drinking from a bowl and holding a crutch. Sculptor A V Kreling. Founder Ferd Miller of Munich.

Listing NGR: TQ2926875281

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