Waterloo Street, Grainger Memorial Fountain

HER Number:
5213

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Waterloo Street, Grainger Memorial Fountain

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
Commemorative Monument

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
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

Easting:
424340

Northing:
563870

Grid Reference:
NZ424340563870

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< 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