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Drinking Fountain, Market Place, Dudley

A Grade II* Listed Building in St James's, Dudley

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5104 / 52°30'37"N

Longitude: -2.0825 / 2°4'56"W

OS Eastings: 394498

OS Northings: 290278

OS Grid: SO944902

Mapcode National: GBR 4QF.8H

Mapcode Global: VH91B.V5FD

Plus Code: 9C4VGW69+42

Entry Name: Drinking Fountain, Market Place, Dudley

Listing Date: 14 September 1949

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1343214

English Heritage Legacy ID: 217972

Also known as: Dudley Fountain
James Forsyth Fountain
Forsyth Fountain
Drinking Fountain

ID on this website: 101343214

Location: Dudley, West Midlands, DY1

County: Dudley

Electoral Ward/Division: St James's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Dudley (Dudley)

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands

Church of England Parish: Dudley St Edmund King and Martyr

Church of England Diocese: Worcester

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SO 9490 SW
4/38

MARKET PLACE
Drinking Fountain

14.9.49.

II*
1867. Designed by James Forsyth, sculptor of the Perseus Fountain at Witley Court, Worcestershire. Presented by the Earl of Dudley. Local stone. Flamboyant
Italian Renaissance style with much sculpture and bas-reliefs. Truimphal arch motif crowned with central figure and flanking horses couchant.

Listing NGR: SO9449890278

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