Description

SE 22 SW
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HECKMONDWIKE UD
MARKET PLACE
Drinking Fountain

II

Drinking fountain, dated 1863, with clock tower. Square ashlar base
with diagonal buttressing with alternative red and grey granite panels and
2 red granite drinking bowls. Surmounting the buttresses are scrolls
with carved foliage supporting figure heads. Shallow pediments over
panels. On 2 opposing faces are figure heads with wreath, and on other
2 opposing faces is carved red granite plaque: THIS FOUNTAIN WAS
ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION OF THE INHABITANTS OF HECKMONDWIKE
AS A TOKEN OF THEIR LOYALTY AND TO COMMEMORATE THE MARRIAGE OF H.R.H.
THE PRINCE OF WALES WITH H.R.H. THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK.
MARCH l0th 1863.

Surmounting the fountain is square iron clock tower with lamp.

Iron railings with ornamental heads surround the fountain.

Inportant town centre site.

Listing NGR: SE2157923452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428000

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)