Inscriptions: Victoria Fountain
V I C T O R I A
F O U N T A I N
I n a u g u r a t e d B y
H R H P R I N C E S S L O U I S E
M a y 2 5 1 8 9 9
This inscription is inscribed on a metal plate over the part of the fountain on the Plain roundabout that faces north. Princess Louise (1848-1939) was the daughter Queen Victoria. This octagonal building, designed by P.E. Warren in 1899, is supported on eight Tuscan columns, has a central fountain with a scallop motif and four cocks, and a conical tiled roof with clock and weathervane.
The structure was opened two years after the Diamond Jubilee, on the site of the old toll-house. The fountain no longer works, and the troughs for the horses are filled with flowers in summer. The clock on top of the roof is still functioning.
Grade II listed: 1485/802
Above: the Victoria Fountain in about 1905
Picture of toll house that used to stand on the site of the fountain
(from English Heritage website)