Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain

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William Miles, an expert of animal welfare, especially horses, paid for the installation of a granite drinking fountain for horses, at this spot in 1877. Following his death, his wife built this memorial to her husband. The interior is hollow and contains a stairway to the top. The original fountain is still in place.
Title

Miles Memorial Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain

Date

1897

Medium

red Corsehill stone & Chudleigh limestone

Accession number

EX4_MH_S176

Acquisition method

commissioned by Louisa Anne Miles

Work type

Clock tower

Owner

Exeter City Council

Custodian

Exeter City Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

18/06/74

Access

at all times

Inscription description

ERECTED / IN THE SIXTY FIRST YEAR / OF THE / GLORIOUS REIGN OF / VICTORIA EMPRESS QUEEN / TO PERPETUATE THE BENEFICENT WORK / OF / WILLIAM MILES ESQ / OF THIS CITY / ON BEHALF OF THE ANIMAL CREATION / BY HIS WIDOW / 1897

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Located at

North Road, Exeter

EX4 4HH

Located in the centre of the roundabout at the junction of New North Road and Queen Street.