{Inscribed on the long plaque of red granite at the top:}
The gift of Henry Sterry Esqr.
{and on red granite lower down:}
1859
A lovely fountain, with its egg-and-dart cornicing and gaping mouth, which presumably is where the functioning parts once sat.
SE1, Abbey Street
The early 19th century building was a watch house.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Sterry fountain
The Quakers list a Henry Sterry born 1803 in the parish of St George the Mart...
There is another fountain in a similar style in St Pancras: Thornton's Fountain, erected in 1877.
{On one end:} The gift of J. H. Buxton, 1879 {On both sides:} Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
It was this Londonist post where we learnt that the two identical drinking fountains on the east and west sides of Trafalgar Square are a...
{On long, low bronze plaques, one on each face, starting at the south and going clockwise:} To commemorate the jubilee of The Metropolit...
A cherub stands atop the fountain clutching a dolphin which appears capable of spouting water but was not obliging on our visit. This fo...
Born in Cardiff as William Goscombe John but he adopted Goscombe. He travelled across Europe and studied with Rodin. Worked in the "new sculpture" style. When he and his wife Marthe returned to the...
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