The fountain is no longer in use – the bowls now contain plants. Above each bowl is a cast iron lion's head. The fountain was presented to the village by the Orford family in 1834. The water was collected from the hillside near the parish church and piped into the fountain, where it was stored in a lead tank at the top. The three-arm bracket light fitting was added in 1999, replacing an earlier light, as a permanent memorial to the Millennium. Just outside the railings, surrounding the fountain, is a late-nineteenth-century milestone giving the distances to Stockport and Manchester.