Tyne and Wear HER(8285): Gateshead, Durham Road, Whinney House Hospital, fountain - Details
8285
Gateshead
Gateshead, Durham Road, Whinney House Hospital, fountain
Gateshead
NZ26SE
Water Supply and Drainage
Water Supply Site
Fountain
Early Modern
C19
Structure
Later C19 stone fountain in keeping with style of house. Octagonal basin whose
dwarf walls have krater-shaped urns on plinths at each angle. In centre, a moulded
octagonal plinth with small angles seated at four of the angles. Above a quadrooned
moulding rises a taller central plinth water-carrier. LISTED GRADE 2
2553
6043
NZ25536043
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 10/75; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44; Gateshead Council Local List X20/LLG/06; TWAS L/PA/1547 Landscape History: Whinney house, Low Fell, Gateshead, Paul Case, Gwyn Williams & Brendan Ferguson; A Guide to the Historic Parks and Gardens of Tyne and Wear, Fiona Green (1995);