Glasgow, Woodside Crescent, Cameron Memorial Fountain
Drinking Fountain (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Woodside Crescent, Cameron Memorial Fountain
Classification Drinking Fountain (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Sauchiehall Street; Sir Charles Cameron Memorial
Canmore ID 171764
Site Number NS56NE 2175
NGR NS 57914 66027
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171764
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Baroque drinking fountain erected in memory of Charles Cameron MP; ogee
domed baldacchino with basins at base. In 3 main stages: polished Peterhead granite basin and base. Doulton ware to 2 upper stages: 4 piers with engaged columns support octagonal upper works and ogee dome. Elaborately moulded aedicules contain bronze medallion portrait of Cameron, by Tinworth of London. Above these, clock faces to cardinal points. Ogee domed roof with finial.(Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
Note (9 September 2011)
This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information. Further information on listed buildings is available from http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/
Information from RCAHMS (SC) 9 September 2011
