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Title
Ruskin Drinking Fountain
Date
c.1886
Medium
glazed ceramic on brick & stone structure
Measurements
H 100 x W 130 x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 260 x W 270 x D 77 cm
Accession number
BN5_LS_S007
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Custodian
Fulking Parish Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
26/05/95
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
raised letters on cast iron plate inside alcove: C.A. WELLS / ENGINEER / LEWES
Inscription description
on white arched banner: TO THE GLORY OF GOD; underneath tile design: AND IN HONOUR OF JOHN RUSKIN / PSALM LXXVIII / That they might set their hope / in God and not forget / But keep his Commandments / Who brought Streams also / out of the rock; on stone plaque on wall to left of fountain: THE FOUNTAIN Built c 1886 restored 1995 – In memory of Bill Purkiss Chairman of Fulking Parish Council 1960–1985
The Street, Fulking
BN5 9LU
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