Description

CAMBORNE CHAPEL STREET
SW 64 SW
(centre, north end)
10/30
Holman Fountain
GV II

Public fountain. Dated 1890 on north side. Granite ashlar and cast iron,
with brass furnishings. Circular plan. Two-tier bowls surmounted by a lamp
standard; the lower bowl is approx. 3 metres in diameter and 1/2 metre
high, and has a hollow-moulded rim; a short circular pedestal in the centre
carries the smaller upper bowl, which has a cyma-moulded underside and a
chamfered rim, and a square central pedestal with lion-head spouts in each
side and a cast-iron lamp standard on the top. The lower pedestal is
lettered on the north side:-
PRESENTED TO
THE TOWN OF CAMBORNE
BY
JOHN HOLMAN
OF CAMBORNE VEOR
1890
(Holman's engineering firm was the principal manufacturer of mining
machinery in this area.)

Listing NGR: SW6471140084

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435451

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