Survey Data
Reg No
22819005
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1905 - 1915
Coordinates
210204, 92953
Date Recorded
02/10/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding memorial fountain, erected 1910, comprising rock-faced limestone ashlar tapered shaft on a square plan with lion mask spouts, round-headed recessed panels containing cut-stone plaques with cut-limestone Romanesque surrounds (comprising colonettes supporting archivolt), and pedimented capping over on moulded consoles. Set back from line of road on grass verge with cut-stone squat obelisk-style bollards.
Appraisal
An elegant memorial fountain of considerable artistic design distinction, which is of particular importance in the locality for its associations with Mary Villiers Stuart (1842 – 1907). The construction in fine limestone ashlar is indicative of very high quality stone masonry, as are the robust carved elements that enhance the picturesque appeal of the composition. Occupying a prominent site in the centre of Villierstown, the memorial forms an attractive landmark in the streetscape.