American Fountain, Stratford upon Avon, UK
N 52° 11.571 W 001° 42.588
30U E 588189 N 5783272
American Fountain, clock tower incorporating horse troughs and drinking fountain.
Waymark Code: WM4742
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/17/2008
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1886-7. By Jethro Cossins of Birmingham; for George W Childs of the United States.
Lower stage has gabled diagonal buttresses capped with British Lion and American Eagle holding shields: Royal arms and Stars and Stripes.
Erected to the memory of William Shakespeare, dedicated by the actor Henry Irving. An impressive monument at the north end of the Rother Street market place, said to be on the site of the medieval market cross.