Monument MPM757 - CENTENARY FOUNTAIN

Cast iron fountain erected in Victoria c1878. The Major is said to have switched on the fountain when the park was officially opened on the 25th May 1878. [1]

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Fountain. C1880. Iron. Ornate cast-iron fountain with moulded base supporting 4 bronze swans, then wide bulbous pipe with large ornamental tray, bulbous pipe with lead motif supporting small circular tray and at top a moulded pipe with water spout. Fountain is set on random rubble stone base. [2]

Historic England, The National Heritage List for England (Index). SPM35.

Hampshire Telegraph, 1878, Hampshire Telegraph (Bibliographic reference). SPM499.