Description

BUXTON

SK0573NE THE CRESCENT
616-1/3/87 (South East side)
Samuel Turner Memorial Drinking
Fountain

GV II

Drinking fountain surmounted by a lamp. 1878, restored late
C20. Ashlar with cast-iron lamp. 4 step octagonal ashlar base,
with square ashlar drinking fountain above.
Each face has a chamfered animal drinking bowl with rusticated
round arch, keystone and plain flanking pilasters. Above a
moulded round arch between Ionic pilasters topped by a
segmental pediment, with a marble bowl fed by water from a
carved ashlar lions head.
North-east face inscribed 1878/ ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC
SUBSCRIPTION/ AS A MEMORIAL OF/ SAMUEL TURNER/ WHO DIED OCT 4
1876. AGED 73 YEARS, south-east inscribed TREASURER TO THE/
DEVONSHIRE HOSPITAL AND/ BUXTON BATH CHARITY/ AND A MEMBER OF/
THE BUXTON LOCAL BOARD, south-west inscribed CHURCHWARDEN/ OF
THE PARISH/ DURING FORTY THREE YEARS and north-west inscribed
A NATIVE OF BUXTON/ AN ACTIVE AND USEFUL TOWNSMAN/ A GOOD
NEIGHBOUR/ AND A KIND FRIEND. Topped by an ashlar dome with a
very ornate iron standard supporting a large octagonal
lantern.

Listing NGR: SK0586873558

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549208

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