Carnwell Fountain (Bath)

 Grade II Listed (UK), drinking fountain

Trough and drinking fountain. 1860 by Major Charles Davis (c1826-1902). Medley of building stones, including grey and pink sandstone, white marble, polished pink and grey granite. Arched recess to right over fountain, with low trough in front.
HISTORY: This fountain was erected close to the site of the earlier Carnwell conduit, described in John Wood's `A description of Bath' p.272. It is set into the rear retaining wall of the rear gardens of Bladud's Buildings above, and was located close to the Bath Cattle Market. It is an early example of a free public drinking fountain, and stylistically owes much to the design of the first such fountain unveiled at St Sepulchre's, Snow Hill, City of London in 1859. Davis, the City architect, was also influenced by John Ruskin's depictions of Venetian medieval architecture. The fountain displays a wide range of different stones, indicative of the High Victorian taste for architectural polychromy, and interest in geology.
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