Survey Data
Reg No
20823153
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Fountain
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
210903, 77156
Date Recorded
23/03/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron public fountain, built c. 1900. Comprising ornate bowl with centrepiece having raised secondary bowl with flower details, surmounted by a cherub. Bowl supported by four banded columns, set on rendered stepped plinth.
Appraisal
This fountain and the adjacent bandstand were erected in the late Victorian period, at a time when pleasure parks and promenading, particularly by the sea, were the height of fashion. The Victorian love of elaborate detail and inventive use of new materials is apparent. The colourful paint is correct for a fountain of this time, as it must be remembered that iron work was generally very colourful up until the death of Queen Victoria, at which time much was painted black in mourning.