Victoria Fountain - Brighton - Fountains on Waymarking.com

The VICTORIA FOUNTAIN : Standing at the centre of the southern enclosure, this listed fountain was inaugurated on 25 May 1846 for the Queen's twenty-seventh birthday. Designed by A.H.Wilds, it was financed jointly by John Cordy Burrows and a public subscription, and was cast at the Eagle Foundry in Gloucester Road .

It stands thirty-two feet high, with two shallow basins supported by three cast-iron dolphins above a large pool, and has a base of sarsen stones which were found in the Steine by workmen in 1823.

To commemorate the inauguration, local musician Charles Coote composed the Fountain Quadrilles.

In 1990 the top of the fountain was removed for restoration.

further history and inscription:


Cast-iron pool with egg-and-dart mouldings to the rim. In the pool stands a base of Sarsen stones that were found by workmen in the Steine in 1823, on which rest 3 intertwined hollow dolphins, with pumps inside them, supporting a cast-iron basin; a third basin and column were re-instated following restoration of the fountain in 1990. The dolphin figures were subsequently adopted as the Brighton Coat of Arms, The surrounding area of the Steine, was landscaped into public gardens for the erection of the fountain. Russian guns, captured during the Crimean War, were displayed in the fountain enclosure for a time
Iconographical description: The dolphins symbolise Brighton in the city coat of arms
Signatures: On base of basin, south side:
A.H. WILDS
ARCHITECT
Inscription: Plaque on south side:


TO COMMEMORATE THE VISIT OF
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES
PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNTAIN SOCIETY
ON 25TH MAY 1995
TO MARK THE RESTORATION OF
THE VICTORIA FOUNTAIN
WITH FUNDING BY BRIGHTON COUNCIL
AND GRANT AID FROM
ENGLISH HERITAGE


Metal plaque on basin, south side:


VICTORIA FOUNTAIN
RESTORED 1994
BY DOROTHEA LTD
BUXTON DERBYSHIRE
Tel 0298 79121


Granite, chequered plaque in front of base, north side:


FOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTING THE HEALING
OF PEOPLE AND
COMMUNITIES
USING SPIRITUAL
AND EARTH ENERGIES.
FOUNDED HERE ON
ST. MICHAELS DAY 1981

Web Link: Not listed

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