Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8463NW VINERY ROAD
639-1/9/644 (East side)
Ouida Memorial

II

Memorial. Early C20. In freestone with bronze figures. A
square drinking trough at the base, with low moulded stone
sides and short rectangular corner pillars, supports a
rectangular stone column in 3 stages with a flat top and
moulded cornice. The top stage is flanked on 2 sides by a cast
bronze female figure with flowing drapery: Courage, carrying a
sword, and Sympathy, cradling a puppy. A cast bronze panel has
a head in profile below the name 'OUIDA. LOUISE DE LA RAMEE',
and under it 'BORN AT BURY ST EDMUNDS JANUARY 1ST 1839, DIED
AT VAREGGIO, ITALY, JANUARY 25TH 1908. HER FRIENDS HAVE
ERECTED THIS FOUNTAIN IN THE PLACE OF HER BIRTH. HERE MAY
GOD'S CREATURES WHOM SHE LOVED ASSUAGE HER TENDER SOUL AS THEY
DRINK. CURZON OF KEDLESTON.' On one side of the lowest stage
the arms of Bury St Edmunds are carved, and on the opposite
side the further inscription: 'THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED FROM
FUNDS SUBSCRIBED BY READERS OF THE DAILY MIRROR AND BY FRIENDS
AND ADMIRERS IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.'

Listing NGR: TL8476363509

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647509

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