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Latitude: 51.5238 / 51°31'25"N
Longitude: -0.1437 / 0°8'37"W
OS Eastings: 528878
OS Northings: 182175
OS Grid: TQ288821
Mapcode National: GBR C7.XY
Mapcode Global: VHGQS.GYDR
Plus Code: 9C3XGVF4+GG
Entry Name: Drinking Fountain Outside Underground Station
Listing Date: 23 July 1991
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1248614
English Heritage Legacy ID: 430321
ID on this website: 101248614
Location: Fitzrovia, Westminster, London, NW1
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: Marylebone High Street
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Marylebone
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Drinking fountain
TQ 2882 SE GREAT PORTLAND STREET
36/50 Drinking Fountain outside
Underground Station
II
Drinking fountain. Late C19, cleaned and restored c1989. Provided by the
Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Grey granite.
Circular pedestal with moulded base and top, having 2 projecting D-shaped basins
surmounted by a central bronze urn with spouts above the basins. Pedestal flanked
by rectangular granite standing blocks for children. An unusual Association design.
Founded in 1859 the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association (Cattle Trough
added 1867) provided free fresh water to many humans and beasts at a time when ale
and spirits were easier to obtain than water and most supplies contaminated. The
Christian association of water with purity of spirit led evangelical Victorians to
become patrons of the Association which provided a catalogue of functional designs
although some wealthy patrons used their own.
Listing NGR: TQ2887882175
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