Maharajah of Vijianagram's fountain
W2, Hyde Park, North Ride
Here we have a plaque commemorating a lost fountain. It was only removed in 1964 so we are surprised that we can find so little informati...
Here we have a plaque commemorating a lost fountain. It was only removed in 1964 so we are surprised that we can find so little informati...
This extravaganza in Victorian gothic with Moorish touches was designed by Darbishire and given by Burdett-Coutts. The four podgy little ...
The remains of the church of St Mary Aldermanbury are behind this fountain.
If the name of the Association had been shorter do you think the troughs would have been too?
MDFCTA says this was originally erected in 1881 outside The Plough in Clapham, which we think might have been at 156 Clapham High Street,...
'Silence', the water feature, was officially opened 12 July 2011. This article in the Guardian contains a review.
Why (Oh why, oh why) do people chose dark, coloured granite for inscriptions? The mottling in the granite can make the text almost impos...
Silver Tiger thinks the inscriptions reads "G. G." and that might be right (it's certainly punningly right) but our fingers read "C. G." ...
Presented to the Hackney Borough Council by Morris Nelson Esqre. in memory of his wife Esther, unveiled by Councillor William Hammer JP, ...
A lovely fountain, with its egg-and-dart cornicing and gaping mouth, which presumably is where the functioning parts once sat.