Trotter's trough - SW4
SW4, The Pavement
MDFCTA says this was originally erected in 1881 outside The Plough in Clapham, which we think might have been at 156 Clapham High Street,...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Simon Milton - nymph and pool
W1, Mount Street, Connaught Hotel
'Silence', the water feature, was officially opened 12 July 2011. This article in the Guardian contains a review.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Bevington fountain
SE1, Tower Bridge Road, St Mary Magdalen garden
Why (Oh why, oh why) do people chose dark, coloured granite for inscriptions? The mottling in the granite can make the text almost impos...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
CG Cattle Trough
EC1, Ray Street, Railway bridge
Silver Tiger thinks the inscriptions reads "G. G." and that might be right (it's certainly punningly right) but our fingers read "C. G." ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
The Nelsons' drinking fountain
E8, Mare Street, St Thomas Square
Presented to the Hackney Borough Council by Morris Nelson Esqre. in memory of his wife Esther, unveiled by Councillor William Hammer JP, ...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Henry Sterry fountain
SE1, Abbey Street
A lovely fountain, with its egg-and-dart cornicing and gaping mouth, which presumably is where the functioning parts once sat.
1 subject commemorated
Temperance
SW4, The Pavement, Clapham Common
We feel the date probably gives a clue to what this substantial fountain was erected to commemorate, but we can't think what. Any ideas?
1 creator
Drinking trough - Hampton friends
TW12, Park Road
Nice flowers in the upper level. Surely not even a dog would want to drink from the lower level?
2 creators
Passmore Edwards drinking fountain - N1
N1, Hoxton Square
We love the elaborately correct use of English: "... in the acquisition of which for ...". To us it seems exaggerated, convoluted. Did ...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Sloane Square drinking fountain
SW1, Sloane Square
The lettering is incised and painted black - very effective.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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