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5213


Newcastle


Waterloo Street, Grainger Memorial Fountain


Newcastle


NZ26SW


Commemorative


Commemorative Monument


Commemorative Monument


POST MEDIEVAL


Victorian 1837 to 1901


Structure


Horse trough and drinking fountain. Dated 1892. Signed ELSWICK COURT MARBLE WORKS CO. NEWCASTLE. Pink and grey granite. Plinth, corner shafts and cornice with semi-circular pediments; dome and finial. Semi-circular basin on rear; rectangular trough in front. Inscription on front panel commemorates Rachel and Richard Grainger. Removed to its present site from Neville Street in the 1850s. Fountain erected by Richard and Rachel Grainger's daughter Rachel Elizabeth Burns. LISTED GRADE 2


424340


563870


NZ424340563870



<< HER 5213 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 22/558 I. Ayris, P. Jubb, S.Palmer & P. Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments & Scupture of Tyne and Wear, p 37 T. Coulter & R. Ogilvy, in association with City Design, 2002, Monuments, War Memorials, Drinking Fountains - Condition & Recommendatations, p 50-51; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 147

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