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SJ 4287 GATEACRE BROW (north side) L25
41/487 Drinking fountain 14.3.75 G.V. II
Drinking fountain with canopy in form of ancient market cross. 1883. Stone with pyramidal stone slate roof. Elliptical arches to all sides with cartouche keys. Much Jacobean ornament, beasts in spandrels, cornice over and alternate masks and mermaids above; Liverpool arms to south- east. Inscription reads “ERECTED\BY THE PEOPLE OF\GATEACRE:IN MEMORY\OF JOHN. H.:WILSON\1883”. Strapwork cornices and gargoyle to north. Ball finial to roof.
Listing NGR: SJ4275587737
