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A trough and drinking fountain made of a medley of building stones, including grey and pink sandstone, white marble, polished pink and grey granite. There is an arched recess to the right over the fountain with a low trough in front and a rectangular continuation to the left with drinking fountain and basin. A Romanesque arch is set to the right of two receding orders, with weathered Lombardic decoration, carried on colonnettes with floral capitals of marble. There is a continuous impost band of red sandstone and a depressed arch over the former fountain with voussoirs of alternating varieties of sandstone and a projecting moulded trough of grey sandstone. To the left, the drinking fountain has a basin of pink granite and a step between colonnettes of pink granite with marble capitals. The openings are set between ashlar blocks of pink and grey sandstone.
Title
Ladymead Fountain (Carnwell Fountain)
Date
1860
Medium
marble & granite
Measurements
H 350 x W 360 x D 200 cm
Accession number
BA1_WAC_S046
Acquisition method
commissioned by Mrs Elizabeth Landon
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
07/05/02
Access
at all times
Inscription description
above fountain is a badly weathered inscription panel, legible sections indicate that this once read: Jesus said: 'whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst again' (John IV, 13-14)
