Walton Well Drinking Fountain
| Walton Well Drinking Fountain | |
|---|---|
 | |
  Location within Oxfordshire | |
| Former names | Walton Well Bruman's or Brumman's Well |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neo-Baroque |
| Address | Walton Well Road |
| Town or city | Oxford |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°45′44.010″N 1°16′11.824″W / 51.76222500°N 1.26995111°W |
| Completed | 1885 |
| Client | William Ward |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Portland stone |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Harry Wilkinson Moore |
| Engineer | McCulloch of London |
The Walton Well Drinking Fountain is a historic drinking fountain in north Oxford, England. It is located at the junction of Walton Well Road, Longworth Road, and Southmoor Road, in Walton Manor, north of Jericho, an inner suburb of Oxford.
The fountain is on the site of a spring known as Walton Well[1] (aka Bruman's or Brumman's Well)[2][3] Previously, a stone trough was available before the drinking fountain was erected in 1885 by an Oxford Alderman, William Ward.[4]
At the location of the spring, there is now a drinking fountain in the road, with a plaque dated 1885.[2] It was erected by William Ward, who was Mayor of Oxford in 1851 and 1861.[5] The fountain was designed by the Oxford architect Harry Wilkinson Moore and carved in Portland stone using a Neo-Baroque style by McCulloch of London.[6]
The fountain is inscribed on a metal commemorative plaque:[5]
1885
DRINK AND THINK OF HIM WHO IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE [around the edge]
WITH THE CONSENT OF THE LORDS OF THE MANOR
THIS DRINKING FOUNTAIN IS ERECTED BY
MR. WILLIAM WARD
TO MARK THE SITE OF A CELEBRATED SPRING
KNOWN AS WALTON WELL
ADJACENT TO THE ANCIENT FORDWAY INTO
PORT MEADOW CALLED WALTON FORD
The fountain was Grade II listed in 1972.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Hinchcliffe, Tanis (1992). North Oxford. Yale University Press. pp. 18, 25–26, 30, 47, 53. ISBN 0-300-05184-0.
- ^ a b Hope, Robert Charles (2003). "Walton or Bruman's Well". Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England Including Rivers, Lakes, Fountains and Springs. Kessinger Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7661-6716-2.
- ^ "Oxford Inscriptions: Drinking fountain, Walton Well Road". The Megalith Portal. UK. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "A simple stone trough surround the water of Walton Well". UK: Historic England. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ a b Jenkins, Stephanie. "Oxford Inscriptions: Drinking fountain, Walton Well Road". oxfordhistory.org.uk. UK. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ Saint, Andrew (1970). "Three Oxford architects". Oxoniensia. 35.
- ^ "Walton Well Drinking Fountain". UK: Historic England. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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- Buildings and structures completed in 1885
- Drinking fountains in the United Kingdom
- Water wells in England
- Grade II listed buildings in Oxfordshire
- Baroque Revival architecture in the United Kingdom
- Limestone buildings in the United Kingdom
- Monuments and memorials completed in the 19th century
- Grade II listed monuments and memorials
- Monuments and memorials in Oxfordshire
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