Drinking Fountain in Wall to S of Summer House England, UK

Listed Building Description

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LAMBROOK STREET 1. 1133 (East Side) Drinking fountain in wall to south of Summer House ST 5039 6/189 II GV 2. Late C19. Neo-Romanesque. Ashlar with polished red marble columns. Triangular gablet over blind round-headed arch of 2 orders with chevron enrichment. Outer order is supported by 2 marble columns with ashlar capitals, annulets and bases. The 3 exposed faces of capitals have lively carvings of hunting animals, dragons etc. The well inside the arch consists of a fluted marble basin in form of a Romanesque piscina, niche above contains brass outlet pipe. In apex of gablet is carved fishscale detail, a hand pointing to the right, and 'To the Tor' in a kind of Gothic script. Summer House and Drinking fountain. Nos 86 to 90 (even) High Street, Nos 2 and 4 Bove Town form a group.

Listing NGR: ST5027639011