Newcraighall, Whitehill Street, Dr Andrew Balfour Drinking Fountain
Fountain (20th Century)
Site Name Newcraighall, Whitehill Street, Dr Andrew Balfour Drinking Fountain
Classification Fountain (20th Century)
Canmore ID 236639
Site Number NT37SW 871
NGR NT 32046 71882
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/236639
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (13 February 2003)
A metal canopy of four open sides decorated with scrolls and painted blue and rust, over a cast-iron water fountain (disused) on a metal plinth. A three-dimensional dolphin flicks up its tail on top of the capitals inside each of the four corners (two are missing).
Dr Andrew Balfour, died 1906.
Inspected By : Joan M. Kennedy
Inscriptions : On top of canopy: ERECTED BY / THE / PEOPLE / OF THIS DISTRICT / TO SHOW THEIR ESTEEM / FOR THE MEMORY / OF / DR ANDREW BALFOUR / WHO / FOR THIRTY YEARS TOOK A GREAT INTEREST / IN THE WELFARE OF THIS VILLAGE / DIED 28TH DECEMBER / 1906 // ERECTED JUNE / 1907
Signatures : On front and back of fountain: GLENFIELD / KENNEDY / KILMARNOCK
Unveiling details : June 1907
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0925)
