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Drinking Fountain (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Banff, Low Street, Biggar Memorial Drinking Fountain

Classification Drinking Fountain (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 172714

Site Number NJ66SE 178

NGR NJ 68962 63981

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172714

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View of Town House and Tolbooth Steeple and Biggar Fountain in foreground, Low Street, Banff, from NW.

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View of Town House and Tolbooth Steeple and Biggar Fountain in foreground, Low Street, Banff, from NW.

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Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland

c. 1954

© Crown Copyright: HES (Scottish National Buildings Record)

General view from S-E.

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General view from S-E.

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3/2/1993

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General view from S-W.

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General view from S-W.

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3/2/1993

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General view from North.

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General view from North.

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3/2/1993

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Detail of inscription 'Presented To The Town Of Banff In Memoriam Of Walter Biggar Esq and Mrs Anne Duff His Wife. 1878' on base of fountain.

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Detail of inscription 'Presented To The Town Of Banff In Memoriam Of Walter Biggar Esq and Mrs Anne Duff His Wife. 1878' on base of fountain.

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3/2/1993

© RCAHMS

General view from S-E.

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General view from S-E.

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3/2/1993

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General view from N-E.

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General view from N-E.

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3/2/1993

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Detail of heraldic panel.

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Detail of heraldic panel.

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3/2/1993

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Detail of plaque showing entwined initials 'W.B.' of Mr Walter Biggar.

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Detail of plaque showing entwined initials 'W.B.' of Mr Walter Biggar.

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3/2/1993

© RCAHMS

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General view.

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List C Survey

1975

© Crown Copyright: HES (List C Survey)

Detail of drinking fountain insc:' Ho Every One That Thirsteth Come Ye To The Waters'.

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Detail of drinking fountain insc:' Ho Every One That Thirsteth Come Ye To The Waters'.

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3/2/1993

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Detail of heraldic panel.

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Detail of heraldic panel.

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3/2/1993

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Detail of plaque showing entwined initials 'M.A.D.' of Mrs Anne Duff.

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Detail of plaque showing entwined initials 'M.A.D.' of Mrs Anne Duff.

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3/2/1993

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View from N-W of Tolbooth and Biggar Fountain.

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View from N-W of Tolbooth and Biggar Fountain.

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Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland

1937

© Courtesy of HES (Ian G Lindsay Collection)

Street scene, showing drinking fountain.
Titled 'LOW STREET, BANFF'
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO:11 : KIRSTY'S BANFF ALBUM

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Street scene, showing drinking fountain. Titled 'LOW STREET, BANFF' PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO:11 : KIRSTY'S BANFF ALBUM

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General Collection. Photograph Albums.

c. 1893

Street scene, showing drinking fountain.
Titled 'LOW STREET, BANFF'
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO:11 : KIRSTY'S BANFF ALBUM

DP 254161

Street scene, showing drinking fountain. Titled 'LOW STREET, BANFF' PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO:11 : KIRSTY'S BANFF ALBUM

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General Collection. Photograph Albums.

c. 1893

General view from S-W.

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General view from S-W.

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3/2/1993

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Detail of heraldic panel and decorative stonework.

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Detail of heraldic panel and decorative stonework.

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3/2/1993

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View of Town House and Tolbooth Steeple and Biggar Fountain in foreground, Low Street, Banff, from NW.

General view from S-E.

General view from S-W.

General view from North.

Detail of inscription 'Presented To The Town Of Banff In Memoriam Of Walter Biggar Esq and Mrs Anne Duff His Wife. 1878' on base of fountain.

General view from S-E.

General view from N-E.

Detail of heraldic panel.

Detail of plaque showing entwined initials 'W.B.' of Mr Walter Biggar.

Detail of drinking fountain insc:' Ho Every One That Thirsteth Come Ye To The Waters'.

Detail of heraldic panel.

Detail of plaque showing entwined initials 'M.A.D.' of Mrs Anne Duff.

View from N-W of Tolbooth and Biggar Fountain.

Street scene, showing drinking fountain.
Titled 'LOW STREET, BANFF'
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO:11 : KIRSTY'S BANFF ALBUM

Street scene, showing drinking fountain.
Titled 'LOW STREET, BANFF'
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO:11 : KIRSTY'S BANFF ALBUM

General view from S-W.

Detail of heraldic panel and decorative stonework.

Collections

Administrative Areas

Council Aberdeenshire
Parish Banff
Former Region Grampian
Former District Banff And Buchan
Former County Banffshire

Architecture Notes

NJ66SE 178 68962 63981

ARCHITECT: J. Rhind, 1878.

Activities

Photographic Survey (June 1957)

Photographic survey of buildings in Banff by the Scottish National Buildings Record in June 1957.

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Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record

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