Description

1893. Gavin Paterson (Hamilton), architect and Killock Brown (Glasgow) Sculptor. Finely finished grey granite ashlar with polished pink and grey granite columns. Octagonal base fountain shell-head niches with bowls alternated with relief panels (one portrait of Mr Watson). Open peristyle of 8 granite columns bearing entablature with fluted frieze. Ashlar fish scale dome of bell profile with circular finial. Seated figure representing 'Industry' with pick and blow lamp within peristyle.

Statement of Interest

Presented by John Watson of Earnock, a Lanarkshire colliery owner. It is possible that his wife was the model for the bronze statue, which represents industry.

The Fountain was supplied by Whitehead and Sons, Aberdeen.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56634894

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)