Church Green, Redditch - fountain and statue

In Church Green, Redditch.

 

Fountain with statue in Church Green.

 

Grade II listed.

 

Fountain About 80 Yards North of the Church of St Stephen, Redditch

 

REDDITCH B CHURCH GREEN

SP 0467 NW

Town Centre

12/28 Fountain about 80 yards

north of the Church of

St Stephen

 

GV II

 

 

Fountain. 1883. Painted cast iron. Octagonal shallow plinth. Circular

moulded stem with foliated relief work decorating the narrower central section.

Upon this is situated an octagonal pier with gadrooned base and bull-rush

relief work. It supports four large cranes that face outwards from it and

have large leaves entwined around their feet. Above the pier the fountain

has a vase-like profile opening out into a shallow dish-like shape upon

which stands the figure of a woman (about three feet high) surrounded by

bull-rushes and pouring water from a vase. The fountain is about 12 feet

high in total. This large fountain with its unusual and naturalistic detail

forms a focal point at the north end of Church Green, and is of particular

importance when approaching the town centre from Prospect Hill. (BoE, p 248).

 

 

Listing NGR: SP0414167748

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