Erection date: 1899
{On both ends:}
The bequest of R. McC. 1899
{On one side:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
From the RBKC pdf: "This trough was originally erected in 1900 in Kensington Crescent. The crescent was demolished in 1933 (the site is now occupied by Charles House {on Kensington High Street, immediately west of Warwick Road}) and the trough was relocated to Warwick Gardens in 1934. It was donated by Mr McCheane. This has also been restored."
Site: Queen Victoria's column and water trough (2 memorials)
W14, Warwick Gardens
The RBKC pdf gives: "The widening of the High Street in 1934 necessitated the removal of the column from its original site {and the trough from a different original site} to the northern end of Warwick Gardens. The space was originally intended to be the centre of a garden square until the plans were changed to give access to Pembroke Road."
What are all these palm trees doing at this corner? We counted four, including the massive one which is obscuring the column. It meant we had no chance of getting a photo of the relief bust on the north side, so we are grateful that someone managed it and put it on Pinterest.
The (not great) 1955 film The Gilded Cage has a short shot of this monument before the palms arrived, and showing the nice houses that used to be on Kensington High Street at this junction before the large blocks of flats arrived. And the wonderful ReelStreets has the image.
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