Rebekah Fountain Bath, England
Listed Building Data
Rebekah Fountain has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1396023
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 15 October 2010
- Name
- REBEKAH FOUNTAIN
- Location
- REBEKAH FOUNTAIN, HIGH STREET
- District
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Grid Reference
- ST 75110 64791
- Easting
- 375110.0000
- Northing
- 164791.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
HIGH STREET 656-1/0/0 Rebekah Fountain
GV II
Statue. Statue 1859 (dated), erected 1861 (inscription). White marble and grey pennant stone. Plinth formed of two eight sided pennant steps with third circular one on top. Statue has circular pennant base with inscription band WATER IS BEST' at front andPresented by Bath Temperance Association June 8th 1861' at rear, foliate frieze above. White marble statue of draped classical female figure "Rebecca at the well". Well in form of basin on arcade of four circular piers, rather like church font. Stands on rusticated piers which are on circular base in form of rock outcrop. HISTORY: This fountain dates from the first wave of public drinking fountain erection, and is contemporary with that in Walcot Street (q.v.). The classical style of the statue was unusual in its day, and clearly alludes to the Roman Baths. The inscription repeats that, in Greek, on the front of the Pump Rooms.
Listing NGR: ST7511064791
