Pillar Fountain

3 Hints Cottage, Coreley, Ludlow, SY8 3QU

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1490051
Date first listed:: 20-Sep-2024
List Entry Name:: Pillar Fountain
Statutory Address:: 3 Hints Cottage, Coreley, Ludlow, SY8 3QU

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1490051
Date first listed:: 20-Sep-2024
List Entry Name:: Pillar Fountain
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: 3 Hints Cottage, Coreley, Ludlow, SY8 3QU

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: 3 Hints Cottage, Coreley, Ludlow, SY8 3QU

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

District:: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Coreley
National Grid Reference:: SO6113775262

Summary

A pillar fountain thought to date to the late-C19.

Reasons for Designation

The Pillar Fountain to the front of 3 Hints Cottage is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural Interest:

* For the aesthetic quality, including the lion's head, characteristic of the pillar fountains made by Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock; * As an example of the innovative anti-freezing and self-closing design patented by Kennedy.

Historic Interest:

* It is a good example of a type of public utility that was once a common feature of towns and villages and is now becoming increasingly rare; * As evidence of the growing awareness of the importance of public health and the need for clean drinking water during the C19.

History

The installation of drinking fountains began in earnest in the C19, as the use of town and village pumps was discontinued after the discovery that cholera was a water-borne disease. The move was also supported by the Temperance Movement as it considered water to be a morally preferable form of refreshment. Drinking fountains came in many forms; some were freestanding, and some were attached or built into walls.

This water fountain was manufactured by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd of Kilmarnock. The firm was founded by Thomas Kennedy, who moved to Kilmarnock in 1824. He, along with John Cameron, patented a design for a device for measuring water consumption, and in 1863 formed the Kennedy Patent Water Meter Co. Glenfield Co Ltd. was later also founded by Kennedy and specialised in the supply of castings and foundry work. The companies were later merged to form Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd of Kilmarnock in 1899.

The designs of their public water fountains often featured a distinctive lion's head. The design was advertised as Kennedy’s patent, self-closing, anti-freezing pillar fountain. As the fountain is embellished with the name for Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., it is likely that this fountain was installed around the beginning of the C20.

Details

A pillar fountain thought to date to the late-C19.

MATERIALS: the fountain is constructed of cast-iron.

PLAN: it is cylindrical on plan.

DESCRIPTION: the pillar fountain is composed of a fluted column with roll moulded base and collar. It is topped with a fluted domed cover, with a bud finial and handle mount on the right. To the front of the fountain is a protruding lion mask spout. Below, a small plaque bears the inscription Glenfield // Kennedy Ltd. // Kilmarnock.

Sources

Websites
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History, accessed 14/03/2024 from https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Glenfield_and_Kennedy
Memorial Drinking Fountains, accessed 14/03/2024 from https://memorialdrinkingfountains.wordpress.com/category/glenfield-kennedy/
The Future Museum , accessed 14/03/2024 from http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/collections/life-work/key-industries/engineering-firms/glenfield-kennedy.aspx

Legal

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