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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.