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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Architecture Notes

Several metal slabs on the buttresses give the name of the founder : "Walter MacFarlane and Co, architectural sanitary and artistic, ironfounders, Saracen foundry, Glasgow".

Site Management (14 March 2023)

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)

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