Description

TORQUAY

SX9163 PRINCESS GARDENS
885-1/17/218 Fountain in Princess Gardens
10/01/75
(Formerly Listed as:
VAUGHAN ROAD
Fountain in Princess Gardens)

GV II

Fountain. c1894, contemporary with the laying out of the
pleasure grounds. Cast-iron and stone.
3-tier fountain discharging into a round pool. Pool with a
moulded edge with stylised foliage. Base of fountain
tripartite with spouting dolphins ridden by trumpeting
children. Central moulded column with countryside scenes in
relief including squirrels, birds. Decorated iron brackets
support the scalloped basin on top and storks decorate the
cylinder that supports the top basin, decorated with a seated
infant who holds a crowning basin like a parasol.
HISTORY: Ellis records that H Young of the Torbay and Cumper's
Hotels provided the fountain as a gift at a cost of about »150
on condition that the corporation provided a suitable basin
for it.
Attractively festive item of public park furniture and to a
pattern produced by the Saracen Foundry in Glasgow.
(Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition:
1930-: P.380).

Listing NGR: SX9165563478

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502027

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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