Drinking Fountain
Drinking Fountain
Drinking Fountain
Drinking Fountain

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A tiered brick structure supporting a stone basin on its façade, with a stone tablet above, installed against a wall.
Title

Drinking Fountain

Date

1938

Medium

stone & brick

Measurements

H 188 x W 316 x D (?) cm

Accession number

PR3_SB_S146

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Owner

Ribchester Parish Council

Custodian

Ribchester Parish Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

front, top centre: 1938; and on a tablet inset below: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR JAMES OPENSHAW / OF HOTHERSALL HALL / DONOR OF THIS PLAYING FIELD.

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Located at

Church Street, Ribchester

PR3 3ZH

Located in the Millennium Garden, at the junction of Church Street and Pope Croft, north end of the Queen Elizabeth II playing field.