Description

SO79SW
823/1/10085
27-FEB-01

BRIDGNORTH

CASTLE GROUNDS
Sabrina Fountain

GV
II

Memorial fountain. 1881. Polished grey and pink granite and bronze. Octagonal base with round fountain bowl on top, above which is a large pedestal with columns at the corners, a cornice and on the sides bronze shields, a portrait bust and lion masks. Above the pedestal at the corners there are four bronze dolphins around a small pedestal, which is surmounted by a large bronze draped figure of Sabrina, sculpted by J.M. Griffiths. It is in memory to Henry Whitmore, MP for Bridgnorth from 1852 to 1870. Originally situated in West Castle Street and later moved to this site in the Castle Grounds.

Listing NGR: SO7162892798

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539223

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)