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Title
Whyte Melville Memorial Fountain
Date
1880
Medium
red Dumfriesshire ashlar & Dalbeatie granite
Measurements
H 427 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
KY16_AH_S004
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Owner
The Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council
Custodian
The Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Listing date
28/04/88
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed on a stone medalion: THIS FOUNTAIN / IS ERECTED BY MANY FRIENDS, RICH AND POOR, / TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF / GEORGE JOHN WHYTE MELVILLE / OF MOUNT MELVILLE, BENNOCHY AND STRATHKINNESS, / BORN 19TH, JULY 1821 DIED 5TH DECR. 1878, / FROM AN ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING-FIELD / NEAR TETBURY IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE / HIS WRITINGS DELIGHTED / HIS CONVERSATION CHARMED AND INSTRUCTED / HIS LIFE WAS AN EXAMPLE TO ALL WHO / ENJOYED HIS FRIENDSHIP, AND WHO NOW / MOURN HIS UNTIMELY END.