Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Fountain
Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Fountain
Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Fountain
Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Fountain
Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Fountain

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A brick and stone structure housing two fountains inset into the brickwork with two stone arches. Built to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887, it supplied water through two individual faucets. The left-hand side was used to fill buckets, etc. The right-hand side is fitted with a bowl for drinking water. The top of the structure is topped with stone cornicing and the brick piers are topped wth stone spheres mounted on stone plinths.
Title

Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Fountain

Date

1887

Medium

brick & stone

Accession number

PO30_BC_S031

Acquisition method

funded by public subscription

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

a stone plaque centred across the top of the monument and inset into the brickwork is inscribed: 1837 ERECTED IN COMMEMORATE THE GOLDEN 1887 / JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA; centred and inset into the brickwork is a stone square plaque encompassing a circle with embossed lettering showing 1887 and two entwined letter W's

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Located at

80 High Street, Wootton

PO33 4PF

Positioned in the garden next to the Isle of Wight Railway Museum.