Latitude: 51.3109 / 51°18'39"N
Longitude: -0.2967 / 0°17'48"W
OS Eastings: 518813
OS Northings: 158242
OS Grid: TQ188582
Mapcode National: GBR 8B.7VH
Mapcode Global: VHGRV.T90X
Plus Code: 9C3X8P63+98
Entry Name: The Howard Memorial Fountain
Listing Date: 24 August 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1188512
English Heritage Legacy ID: 290407
ID on this website: 101188512
Location: Ashtead, Mole Valley, Surrey, KT21
County: Surrey
District: Mole Valley
Electoral Ward/Division: Ashtead Village
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Ashtead
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey
Church of England Parish: Ashtead
Church of England Diocese: Guildford
Tagged with: Fountain
ASHTEAD EPSOM ROAD
TQ 1858-1958 (west side)
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The Howard Memorial Fountain
II
Memorial fountain. c.1880. Commemorating the Honorable Mrs Mary Greville
Howard (d.1877). Sandstone ashlar. Gothic style, in the form of a medieval cross.
Octagonal plan. High plinth of 4 steps with a circular bowl set into the front; 2-
stage shaft with inscription on 3 sides of the first stage (see below), trefoil
panels in the upper stage with a carved coat of arms in the front panel and and
monogrammed initials M G H in the others, linked hoodmoulds with animal-mask
stops, a 3-tier offset, and a pinnacle with trefoil panels and an apex cross. The
inscription on the shaft is as follows:-
THIS CROSS & FOUNTAIN / ARE ERECTED IN / MEMORY OF
THE HONORABLE / MRS MARY GREVILLE / HOWARD
BY THE PARISHIONERS OF / ASHTEAD AND MANY / OF HER RELATIONS AND
FRIENDS
SHE WAS BELOVED / AND HONORED / DURING A LONG
LIFE SPENT IN / DOING GOOD AND / MOURNED BY ALL
WHEN TAKEN TO / REST ON OCT. 19 1877 / AT ASHTEAD PARK
AGED 92
HER WORKS
DO FOLLOW HER
Listing NGR: TQ1881358242
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