2021
SZ4996 : Victorian fountain, Cowes seafront
taken 3 years ago, near to Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Victorian fountain, Cowes seafront
Made by Walter Macfarlane & Co's Saracen Foundry in Glasgow, this drinking fountain was presented to the town on 2nd June 1864 by George Robert Stephenson, cousin of famed engineer Robert Stephenson, to mark the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
Adorned with griffins, cranes and salamanders, the fountain was restored and Grade-2 listed in 1979.
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