This large structure, incorporating fountain, clock and weathervane, was designed and erected by J. Whitehead and Sons of London and Aberdeen. The pavilion enclosing the fountain is octagonal and stands on a grey granite platform of five steps. On this are eight highly-polished Aberdeenshire red granite columns, with moulded bases and Doric capitals, each carved from a single stone. These and the huge central column of red Mansfield stone, support the octagonal entablature and roof of pitch pine and Broseley tiles. Around the central column are four circular red granite drinking basins. All the visible woodwork on the roof and the surmounting clock turret is oak. The turret roof is covered with copper and surmounted by a vane. The long inscription is on a red granite tablet set on a moulded granite plinth.