Description

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ST67SW CLOUDS HILL ROAD, St George
901-1/56/1836 (South side)
04/03/77 Drinking fountain and horse trough
at junction with Summerhill Road
(Formerly Listed as:
CLOUDS HILL ROAD
Drinking Fountain at the
intersection of A420 and A431)

II

Drinking fountain and horse trough. Dated 1890. Erected by
William Butler. Portland ashlar, polished red granite plaques
and grey granite trough, and Pennant flags. Square in plan.
Pointed arches to each elevation with a chamfered plinth,
cable mould reveals and linked hoodmoulds with floral
archivolts. Domed roof and round finial. Plain door to back,
bronze lion-head fountains and iron basins on each side with
red granite surrounds, and red granite plaque on the front
honouring William Butler, who presented the fountain to the
people of St George. Horse trough in front protected by 2
bollards. The fountain sits on a low Pennant plinth.

Listing NGR: ST6236873636

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497781

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)