Public drinking fountain commemorating Lady Mount Temple

Public drinking fountain commemorating Lady Mount Temple, Babbacombe Downs Road, Babbacombe

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1207749
Date first listed:: 03-May-1994
List Entry Name:: Public drinking fountain commemorating Lady Mount Temple
Statutory Address:: Public drinking fountain commemorating Lady Mount Temple, Babbacombe Downs Road, Babbacombe

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1207749
Date first listed:: 03-May-1994
List Entry Name:: Public drinking fountain commemorating Lady Mount Temple
Statutory Address 1:: Public drinking fountain commemorating Lady Mount Temple, Babbacombe Downs Road, Babbacombe

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Location

Statutory Address:: Public drinking fountain commemorating Lady Mount Temple, Babbacombe Downs Road, Babbacombe

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Torbay (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SX 92472 65654

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 21 November 2024 to amend the name, address and description, and add a reference to Selected sources and reformat the text to current standards

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TORQUAY Babbacombe BABBACOMBE DOWNS ROAD (north east side) Public drinking fountain commemorating Lady Mount Temple

(Formerly listed as Birdbath commemorating Baroness Mount Temple) II Public drinking fountain with statue by sculptor Arthur George Walker. c1903. Ashburton marble on a baluster stem with moulded foot. A green basalt cylindrical moulded plinth in the centre of the bowl supports a small, naturalistic bronze statue of Lady Mount Temple, the art collector who lived at tthe house in Beach Road now called the Babbacombe Cliff Hotel (qv).

Listing NGR: SX9247265654

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Legacy System number:: 390474
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Other
The Late Lady Mount Temple Memorial Fountain at Babbacombe’, in The Torquay Times and South Devon Advertiser (Friday, 9th October, 1903), p8.

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.