Walton Well Drinking Fountain

Walton Well Drinking Fountain
Photograph of the drinking fountain
Walton Well Drinking Fountain is located in Oxfordshire
Walton Well Drinking Fountain
Location within Oxfordshire
Former namesWalton Well
Bruman's or Brumman's Well
General information
Architectural styleNeo-Baroque
AddressWalton Well Road
Town or cityOxford
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°45′44.010″N 1°16′11.824″W / 51.76222500°N 1.26995111°W / 51.76222500; -1.26995111
Completed1885
ClientWilliam Ward
Technical details
MaterialPortland stone
Design and construction
Architect(s)Harry Wilkinson Moore
EngineerMcCulloch of London

The Walton Well Drinking Fountain is a historic drinking fountain in north Oxford, England. It is located at the junction of Walton Well Road, Longworth Road, and Southmoor Road, in Walton Manor, north of Jericho, an inner suburb of Oxford.

The fountain is on the site of a spring known as Walton Well[1] (aka Bruman's or Brumman's Well)[2][3] Previously, a stone trough was available before the drinking fountain was erected in 1885 by an Oxford Alderman, William Ward.[4]

At the location of the spring, there is now a drinking fountain in the road, with a plaque dated 1885.[2] It was erected by William Ward, who was Mayor of Oxford in 1851 and 1861.[5] The fountain was designed by the Oxford architect Harry Wilkinson Moore and carved in Portland stone using a Neo-Baroque style by McCulloch of London.[6]

The fountain is inscribed on a metal commemorative plaque:[5]

1885
DRINK AND THINK OF HIM WHO IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE [around the edge]
WITH THE CONSENT OF THE LORDS OF THE MANOR
THIS DRINKING FOUNTAIN IS ERECTED BY
MR. WILLIAM WARD
TO MARK THE SITE OF A CELEBRATED SPRING
KNOWN AS WALTON WELL
ADJACENT TO THE ANCIENT FORDWAY INTO
PORT MEADOW CALLED WALTON FORD

The fountain was Grade II listed in 1972.[7]

References

  1. ^ Hinchcliffe, Tanis (1992). North Oxford. Yale University Press. pp. 18, 25–26, 30, 47, 53. ISBN 0-300-05184-0.
  2. ^ a b Hope, Robert Charles (2003). "Walton or Bruman's Well". Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England Including Rivers, Lakes, Fountains and Springs. Kessinger Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7661-6716-2.
  3. ^ "Oxford Inscriptions: Drinking fountain, Walton Well Road". The Megalith Portal. UK. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ^ "A simple stone trough surround the water of Walton Well". UK: Historic England. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b Jenkins, Stephanie. "Oxford Inscriptions: Drinking fountain, Walton Well Road". Oxford History. UK. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  6. ^ Saint, Andrew (1970). "Three Oxford architects". Oxoniensia. 35.
  7. ^ "Walton Well Drinking Fountain". UK: Historic England. Retrieved 20 December 2024.


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