Great North Road, Colvill Memorial Fountain
Great North Road, Colvill Memorial Fountain
HER Number
5214
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Great North Road, Colvill Memorial Fountain
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Water Supply Site
Site Type: Specific
Drinking Fountain
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Grey granite slab with a hollowed out basin supported on a grey limestone base with a grey limestone commemorative plaque behind. The plaque is backed with concrete and supported by steel supports which have been set into a concrete block behind the plinth. The plaque is set with letters, probably of lead, cast into the stone. This fountain seems to have been intended for placement against a wall, the fountain relocated from its place of origin. LOCAL LIST
Easting
424740
Northing
566450
Grid Reference
NZ424740566450
Sources
<< HER 5214 >> T. Coulter & R. Ogilvy, in association with City Design, 2002, Monuments, War Memorials, Drinking Fountains - Condition & Recommendatations, p 52-53; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 117; Monthly Chronicle, 1889, p 382