Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4166 GROSVENOR PARK
1932-1/6/133 (South side)
10/01/72 Billy Hobby's Well

GV II

Pumphouse pavilion for water garden in Grosvenor Park.
1865-67. By John Douglas at the expense of the 2nd Marquis of
Westminster. For Chester City Council. Sandstone ashlar, red
and buff. Octagonal on square plinth; each cardinal face has a
pointed-arched opening with a pair of polished red granite
columns attached to each jamb, with C13-style capitals;
voussoirs with carved roses; wrought-iron bars with spiked
crooks; recessed circlet in each canted side, with armorial
sheafs and portcullises; carved cove forming cornice beneath
eaves of light-grey slate spire surmounted by a copper fish as
weathervane, on a lead finial.
(Chester City Council and Committee: Park Committee Minutes:
1865-1867: PASSIM; Hubbard E: The Work of John Douglas:
London: 1991-: 47; 50; 81).

Listing NGR: SJ4127766202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Billy Hobby's Well at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4912714

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