UMBRELLO

Date:
29 Aug 2000
Location:
Umbrello, Handsworth Park B20, Birmingham, West Midlands, B20 2PL
Reference:
IOE01/00068/35
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
Not what you're looking for? Try a new search

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

HANDSWORTH PARK PARK 1.

5104 Handsworth B20 Umbrello SP 09 SE 3/21 II 2.

Presented by Austin B Lines, 1888, and perhaps formerly with a fountain inside.

Octagonal in plan. Iron. Slender muted shafts of an Early English Gothic type support scalloped arches that each carry a roundel with shield flawed by tracery. Above and behind rises an openwork dome surmounted by a 4 handled urn. Two of the shields both bear an inscription, the remainder have on them a pelican.



Listing NGR: SP0534590204

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1836 IOE Records taken by J J Sheridan; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr J J Sheridan. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Sheridan, J J

Rights Holder: Sheridan, J J

Keywords

Iron, Victorian Park Shelter, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Fountain, Water Supply And Drainage, Water Supply Site