Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 15/09/2016

SJ 8993 13/101

HOULDSWORTH SQUARE (Centre)
Clock and Drinking Fountain

II
Plinth with inscription, bronze portrait roundel, fountain niche and bow on faces, supports clustered columns in pink granite, carved capitals, below block with clock face, gable top and foliated finial. Designed and erected by J. and H. Patteson of Manchester and unveiled in September 1920.

Inscription:- Dedicated to the memory of Sir William Houldsworth Baronet by the people of Reddish in grateful remembrance of the bountiful gifts whereby he enriched and adorned their village and manifested his concern for their spiritual and physical welfare.

(Sir William built St Elisabeth's Church and surrounding complex, and Houldsworth Mill and the terraces of workers houses, as a planned industrial estate in the 1870s).

Listing NGR: SJ8945793430

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456086

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper