Holman fountain - Camborne, Cornwall,UK
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N 50° 12.816 W 005° 18.038
30U E 335860 N 5564913
Grade 2 listed fountain situated within the pedestrianised area of Camborne town
Waymark Code: WM10YBE
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/11/2019
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Public fountain. Dated 1890 on north side. Granite ashlar and cast iron,
with brass furnishings. Circular plan. Two-tier bowls surmounted by a lamp
standard; the lower bowl is approx. 3 metres in diameter and 1/2 metre
high, and has a hollow-moulded rim; a short circular pedestal in the centre
carries the smaller upper bowl, which has a cyma-moulded underside and a
chamferred rim, and a square central pedestal with lion-head spouts in each
side and a cast-iron lamp standard on the top. The lower pedestal is
lettered on the north side:-
PRESENTED TO
THE TOWN OF CAMBORNE
BY
JOHN HOLMAN
OF CAMBORNE VEOR
1890
(Holman's engineering firm was the principal manufacturer of mining machinery in this area.)
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