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Glasgow, Alexandra Parade, Alexandra Park, Cast Iron Fountain
Fountain (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Alexandra Parade, Alexandra Park, Cast Iron Fountain
Classification Fountain (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Saracen Fountain; Walter Macfarlane Fountain
Canmore ID 172811
Site Number NS66NW 306
NGR NS 61900 65688
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172811
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Several metal slabs on the buttresses give the name of the founder : "Walter MacFarlane and Co, architectural sanitary and artistic, ironfounders, Saracen foundry, Glasgow".
Cast-iron fountain with high quality sculptural detail; low outer basin, plinth set central within, with 4 seated figures at foot, open top a version of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates; small basin raised above. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
