Description

691/0/10028 HIGH STREET
Fountain

II

Also Known As: Fountain, ST MICHAEL'S ROAD
Fountain. C. 1938. Sculpted and designed by John Hodge, cast by Messrs. Burton of Thames Ditton. Concrete circular bowl with cancave sides on the rim of which stand 4 bronze statues of seals with water issuing from their mouths. At the centre is a large bronze nautilus shell born upwards by a raft of bronze lilly pads which supports the sculpture of a nearly naked boy with legs astride holding a fish in each hand, each of which spouts water, and with an otter at his feet. To one side of the shell is an inscription: "THE GIFT OF/WILLIAM JULIAN COURTAULD ESQ.JP./OF PENYPOT HALSTEAD/ [Coat of arms]/TO THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE/IN MEMORY OF/KING GEORGE V".

The fountain forms a very distinct addition to the urban scenery at this crucial point in Braintree where several roads converge. This fountain exhibits a good deal of playfulness. It forms a group with the Church of St. Michael the Archangel [q.v.]

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26670627

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)