Gateshead, Armstrong Street, fountain

HER Number:
8248

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Armstrong Street, fountain

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Supply Site

Site Type: Specific:
Fountain

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Fountain at entrance to former Gateshead Union II Workhouse (now demolished) 2. Late C19. Stone. On a stepped plinth a short, stout stem supports a large bowl of ogee shape with cable moulded band, carved rim and relief foliage below. From the centre rises a taller stem carved with palmette and lotus patterns and supporting a smaller similar bowl. Inscription around base: "This fountain was designed, sculptured and named by John Moore, an inmate of this institution". LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2451

Northing:
6135

Grid Reference:
NZ24516135

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 1/50; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44