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Jubilee Fountain
Jubilee Fountain
Jubilee Fountain
Jubilee Fountain

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A square pink granite column on a pink granite base with fluted pilasters at each corner and an arched-topped panel on each face. On top of the column is a stepped base on which sit two carved cushions in red sandstone surmounted by a bronze crown. There are bronze crests of the town and lion-head spouts on each face. The fountain was a gift to the town from Commander Francis Martin Norman RN (1833–1918) who had had a busy naval career before retiring to North Berwick in 1863. He became a key figure in the civic life of the town and set up the Historic Monuments Committee which was responsible for the restoration of the town's Elizabethan fortifications and the Flodden Memorial. His offer to Berwick of a Jubilee fountain met with some resistance initially because it involved the council spending £200 refurbishing the nearby public lavatory and it was felt that the Maclagan Memorial erected five years earlier 'had not really and truly been a boon to the public'.

Title

Jubilee Fountain

Date

1897

Medium

polished pink granite & bronze

Measurements

H 500 x W 150 x D 150 cm

Accession number

TD15_MA_S006

Acquisition method

gift from Commander Francis Martin Norman RN

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Owner

Berwick upon Tweed Town Council

Custodian

Berwick upon Tweed Town Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

20th June 1897

Access

at all times

Inscription description

panel on the front north face: TO COMMEMORATE / THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY / OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S / ACCESSION TO THE THRONE / THIS FOUNTAIN / WAS PRESENTED TO THE / BOROUGH OF / BERWICK-UPON-TWEED / ON JUNE 20, 1897 / BY FRANCIS MARTIN NORMAN / COMMANDER R.N., J.P. / SUCCESSIVELY SHERIFF, / MAYOR, AND ALDERMAN; bronze plaque also on north face: VRI / 1837 1897; east and west face in Gothic raised lettering: Sigilla . majorata . Villa . Berwuc . super . Tweedam

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Located at

Castlegate, Berwick upon Tweed

TD15 1JS

Beside the road just above Castlegate.