Description

CAMDEN

TQ3082SE GUILFORD PLACE
798-1/96/717 (South side)
11/02/98 Drinking Fountain

GV II

Drinking fountain situated on a traffic island. 1870. Designed
by architect Henry Darbishire for the Misses Whiting to
commemorate their mother. Granite base with stone figure.
Raised circular plinth with 2 block steps to circular base of
rough-hewn granite blocks with round-arched niche for animal
trough at base, supporting projecting semicircular basin and
smooth granite drum surmounted by a sculptured figure of the
Woman of Samaria, in loose robes and scarf, kneeling on left
knee to fill a water jar. The drinking fountain forms a civic
group with the cast-iron railings to the Ladies' & Gentlemen's
public conveniences (qv), situated behind it.

Listing NGR: TQ3056382182

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Whiting Fountain at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q27082110

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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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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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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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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2