Description

LAURA PLACE

Fountain
11/08/72

GV II

Fountain. 1877, reconstructed 1977, only basin remains of original design. By AS Goodridge.
MATERIALS: Limestone.
PLAN: Square plan with segmental bays to each facet almost forming circle.
EXTERIOR: Outer bowl has rounded coping and moulded plinth with small colonnettes carved into angles. Centre is pedestal with shallow straight-sided bowl with chutes protruding toward angles below cylindrical shaft to similar smaller bowl and C20 lead ball finial that replaces former gadrooned urn.
HISTORY: Fountain was erected in 1877 to mark Centenary of Bath and Western Counties Agricultural Society, but this was to very different design from today. Fountain was reconstructed in 1977 to mark Bicentenary (see photographs for its original appearance and the opening in 1877). Centre of Laura Place had been proposed for a column to commemorate Nelson in 1805; and for a "Reform pillar" to be designed by HE Goodridge in 1832: the Pulteneys had always been a family with Whig sympathies.
SOURCES: (The Bath Chronicle: Images of Bath: Derby: 1994 -).

Listing NGR: ST7530065017

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673832

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)