Description

SJ 97 84 DISLEY C.P. FOUNTAIN SQUARE

7/24 The Fountain

II

Fountain: Dated 1834 with late C19 alteration. Ashlar gritstone and
sandstone. Chamfered square plinth with smaller, chamfered, square
pillar with semi-circular headed niches in each facing having
cast-iron, lion's head mask fountains emptying into semi-circular
basins. Original capstone is a flat pyramid, with a moulded cornice,
surmounted by plain urn. This has been raised on an added sandstone
block and moulded band, when a triple cast-iron gas (now electric)
lantern was put into the urn. Original inscription cut into
north-west face reads "This fountain WAS ERECTED BY RICHARD and THOMAS
ORFORD ESQ For the Use of the Inhabitants of Disley A.D. 1834" in a
mixture of plain and italic scripts.

Listing NGR: SJ9748284653

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567525

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