Lofthouse Fountain and Cross

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Reference WMO/214987

Address:

Main Street

Lofthouse

HG3 5SG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Water fountain
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Originally and remaining a drinking fountain, a cross was added to the top and an inscription carved to honour the dead of World War 1. The significance of the initials JR on the inscription is not known. "the drinking fountain which stands in front of Fountains Farm. Prior to its remodelling in 1920 by Duncan Drummond, a local stonemason, there was an earlier eighteenth or nineteenth century fountain. This was comprised of the existing octagonal stone trough around a plain central square monolith with a pyramidal cap which was topped by a gas light. Drummond’s remodelling introduced a larger, more elaborately decorated monolith with chamfered edges and stone tablets set in chamfered arched openings with decoratively carved keystones. The tablet facing down the village street is inscribed with a war memorial and the north and south tablets are inscribed with slogans which promote drinking water. The monolith is topped by a moulded cap from which a stone cross with chamfered edges rises." Harrogate Council -LOFTHOUSE Conservation Area Character Appraisal.
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Side 1: Erected in memory of the men of this parish who made the great sacrifice in the war 1914 - 1919. JR. Side 2: If you want to be healthy wealthy and stout, use plenty of cold water inside and out. Let animal and man drink freely. Side 3 (above door): Built March 1920. Side 4: A pint of cold water three times a day is the surest way to keep the doctor away. Whosoever thirsteth let him come hither and drink.

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Grade II (England)

1391664

Lofthouse Conservation Area

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