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Title
Queen's Park Drinking Fountain
Date
1893
Medium
sandstone, terracotta, pink & grey granite
Measurements
H 430 x W 265 x D 265 cm;
Plinth: H 42 x W 535 x D 535 cm
Accession number
BN2_LS_S082
Acquisition method
commissioned by Brighton Borough Council
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
1893
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed granite plaque, west face: BOROUGH OF BRIGHTON / THIS PARK WAS OPENED AND DEDICATED / TO THE FREE USE OF THE PUBLIC FOR EVER / ON THE 10TH AUGUST 1892, BY THE MAYOR / AND MAYORESS OF THE BOROUGH, ALDERMAN / JOSEPH EWART M.D. AND MISS EWART / FRANCIS J. TILLSTONE, /TOWN CLERK; inscribed granite plaque, south face (followed by names): BOROUGH OF BRIGHTON / RECREATION GROUND COMMITTEE 1891–2; inscribed granite plaque, north face: BOROUGH OF BRIGHTON / THIS FOUNTAIN WAS ERECTED BY THE COUNCIL / OF THE BOROUGH TO COMMEMORATE THE GIFT / OF 'QUEENS PARK' BY THE TRUSTEES OF / THE RACE STAND FOR THE / BENEFIT OF THE / INHABITANTS OF BRIGHTON A.D.1893 / JOSEPH EWART M.D. MAYOR; inscribed granite plaque, east face: BOROUGH OF BRIGHTON / THIS PARK WAS CONSTRUCTED AT A COST OF £13,500 / AND PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF BRIGHTON BY / ALDERMAN HENRY ABBEY, ALDERMAN JOHN / BRIDGEN, J.P., ALDERMAN SAMUEL RIDLEY J.P. / AND WILLIAM SEYMOUR, BOROUGH SQUIRE. / TRUSTEES OF THE BRIGHTON RACE STAND, / A.D.1891 / SAMUEL HENRY SOPER, MAYOR
