Hamilton Memorial Drinking Fountain
HAMILTON MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN, PORTMAN SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248617
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Hamilton Memorial Drinking Fountain
- Statutory Address:
- HAMILTON MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN, PORTMAN SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248617
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Hamilton Memorial Drinking Fountain
- Statutory Address 1:
- HAMILTON MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN, PORTMAN SQUARE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- HAMILTON MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN, PORTMAN SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 28127 81274
Details
TQ 2881 SW PORTMAN SQUARE
55/102 Hamilton Memorial Drinking Fountain
II
Drinking fountain. 1878, donated by Lady Hamilton through the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Polished pink granite. Rectangular base with plinth having spouts and semi-circular basins on 3 faces and a tall column surmounted by an urn. Inscribed to the memory of Sir James Hamilton. Religious inscriptions, some on a small bronze plaque, bear witness to the evangelical dimension of the Association's activities at the height of its philanthropic functions. Founded in 1859 the Association provided free fresh water to many humans and beasts at a time when ale and spirits were easier to obtain than water and most supplies contaminated. Lady Hamilton designed the acorn jets found on many fountains of the period after-public comments were made about the unseemliness of water flowing from the mouths of animals. The Association provided a catalogue of functional designs but some wealthy patrons used their own.
Listing NGR: TQ2812781274
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 430326
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 17 Greater London
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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