Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park, Stewart Memorial Fountain
Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Fountain (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park, Stewart Memorial Fountain
Classification Commemorative Monument (19th Century), Fountain (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lord Provost Stewart Fountain
Canmore ID 165209
Site Number NS56NE 1511
NGR NS 57184 66235
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 062764
Detail of carving on SSW face of statue plinth atop the Stewart Memorial Fountain, inscribed "Loch Katrine"
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062767
Detail of foundry mark on base of Lady of the lake statue, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062779
Detail of unicorn sculpture (without horn) on flying buttress of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062791
Detail of gargoyle spout on flying buttress of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062793
View of stonemason carrying out stone repairs during the restoration of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062801
View of maintenance chamber and supporting walls underneath the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062816
Detail of coat-of-arms with decorative architrave, on bottom water basin of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064671
Oblique aerial view centred on the fountain, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
24/4/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073510
View of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow after restoration, taken from WNW
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 219349
The Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. Oblique aerial view looking SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
17/8/2015
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DP 062762
Detail of carving on WNW face of statue plinth atop the Stewart Memorial Fountain, inscribed "Loch Achray"
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062790
Detail of gargoyle spout on flying buttress of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062796
Detail of decorative carving on underside of central water basin, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062797
Detail of repaired gargoyle spouthead on the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062808
Detail of replacment gargoyle spouthead carved during the restoration of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062817
Detail of bronze commemorative plaque with ogee-arched stone surround on SSW face of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064674
Oblique aerial view centred on the fountain, taken from the NNE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
24/4/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073520
Detail of Zodiac roundels on WNW face of central water basin, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 447399
Stewart Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove Park
Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland
1/1/1878
© Licensed by St Andrews University Library (project 218) (Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland)
DP 062794
View of stonemason carrying out stone repairs during the restoration of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064670
Oblique aerial view centred on the fountain, taken from the S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
24/4/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073518
Detail of Zodiac roundels on ESE face of central water basin, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073522
Detail of statue (Ellen Douglas, the Lady of the Lake) as restored atop the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 219348
Oblique aerial view of Stewart Memorial Fountain, looking SSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
17/8/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062759
Detail of statue (Ellen Douglas, the Lady of the Lake) atop Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062765
Detail of carving on ESE face of statue plinth atop the Stewart Memorial Fountain, inscribed "Loch Venachar"
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062766
Detail of carving on NNE face of statue plinth atop the Stewart Memorial Fountain, inscribed "Loch Drunkie"
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062769
View of water-carrier capital on central column of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062773
View of water-carrier capital on central column of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062776
Detail of avian carving upon water basin with supporting central column, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062777
Detail of avian carving upon water basin with supporting central column, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062785
Detail of gargoyle spout and floreate capital on central column of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062786
Detail of decorative carving on underside of central water basin, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062803
View of avian sculpture salvaged from the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062811
Detail of coat-of-arms with decorative architrave, on bottom water basin of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062814
Detail of coat-of-arms with decorative architrave, on bottom water basin of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073509
View of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow after restoration, taken from NNE
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073511
View of ogee-arched commemorative panel with flanking coats-of-arms and new avian sculpture. WNW face of the restored Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073519
Detail of Zodiac roundels on NNE face of central water basin, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062768
Detail from Lady of the Lake statue, atop Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062780
Detail of lion sculpture on flying buttress of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062784
Detail of decorative carving and astrological roundels on central water basin of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062789
Detail of decorative carving on underside of central water basin, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062802
View of pipework within maintenance chamber underneath the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062806
View of avian sculpture salvaged from the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062809
Detail of coat-of-arms with decorative architrave, on bottom water basin of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062813
Detail of coat-of-arms with decorative architrave, on bottom water basin of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062818
Detail of bronze plaque with ogee-arched stone surround on WNW face of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064672
Oblique aerial view centred on the fountain, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
24/4/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064673
Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park, Stewart Memorial Fountain. Oblique aerial view centred on the fountain, taken from the NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
24/4/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073512
View of ogee-arched commemorative panel with flanking coats-of-arms and new avian sculpture. SSW face of the restored Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073516
Detail of commemorative paving stone, to mark the restoration of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
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DP 062760
Detail of statue (Ellen Douglas, the Lady of the Lake) atop Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062761
Detail of statue (Ellen Douglas, the Lady of the Lake) atop Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062763
Detail showing sculptor's name on base of statue (Ellen Douglas, the Lady of the Lake) atop the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062781
Detail of marble shaft and buttress heads on central column of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062800
View of maintenance chamber and central supporting column underneath the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062807
View of avian sculpture salvaged from the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062810
Detail of crockets and finial to ogee-arch on bottom water basin of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062819
Detail of coat-of-arms with decorative architrave, on bottom water basin of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073507
View of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow after restoration, taken from SSW
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073508
View of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow after restoration, taken from ESE
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062770
Detail of water-carrier capital on central column of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062771
View of water-carrier capital on central column of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062772
Detail of water-carrier capital on central column of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062774
View of water-carrier capital on central column of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062775
Detail of avian carving upon water basin with supporting central column, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062778
Detail of avian carving upon water basin with supporting central column, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062782
Detail of Zodiac roundel on central water basin of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062783
Detail of floreate capital and marble shafts on flying buttress of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062788
Detail of water spout on underside of central water basin, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062799
View of tunnel leading to maintenance chamber underneath the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
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DP 062820
Detail of coat-of-arms with decorative architrave, on bottom water basin of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 064669
Oblique aerial view centred on the fountain, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
24/4/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073521
Detail of Zodiac roundels on SSW face of central water basin, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 076053
View of fountain Titled: 'Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow'.
Album of photographs of Glasgow Corporation Waterworks
© RCAHMS
DP 062787
Detail of decorative carving on underside of central water basin, Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062792
View of stonemason carrying out stone repairs during the restoration of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062795
View of stonemason carrying out stone repairs during the restoration of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062798
Detail of gargoyle prepared for replacement spouthead during restoration of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062804
View of avian sculpture salvaged from the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062805
View of avian sculpture salvaged from the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062812
Detail of bronze plaque with ogee-arched stone surround on ESE face of Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 062815
Detail of coat-of-arms with decorative architrave, on bottom water basin of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
11/8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073513
View of ogee-arched commemorative panel with flanking coats-of-arms and new avian sculpture. ESE face of the restored Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 073515
Detail of sample cherub sculpture, as replaced on the parapet wall during the restoration of the Stewart Memorial Fountain, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow
RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography
3/2/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NMRS Notes:
Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park, Stewart Memorial Fountain.
Architect: Campbell Douglas and Sellars, 1872.
Sculptor: John Mossman.
Restored, 1988, by Page and Park.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
French Gothic, in style of William Burges. Commemorates Lord Provost Stewart, main devisor of the city's water supply.
C McKean, D Walker, F A Walker 1999.
This memorial fountain was erected in 1871 in Kelvingrove Park to acknowledge the services of Mr Robert Stewart of Murdostoun, who held office as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1851-54 and was appointed Convenor of the first Water Committee until his retirement in November 1856 (Muylle Id=434).
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out survey of sites and structures of the Glasgow Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks scheme for RCAHMS, Historic Scotland funded, January 2008.
The Stewart Memorial Fountain was recorded by the Threatened Building Survey in August 2009 and again in February 2010, to document restoration works carried out by Glasgow City Council. Further information on the history of the fountain and the associated sculpture can be found on the Stewart Memorial Fountain page of the Glasgow - City of Sculpture website (www.glasgowsculpture.com).
Information from RCAHMS (IA), March 2010.
