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Bumble-Bee

December 21, 2023

Built in an elaborate Gothic style, the fountain takes the form of a canopy formed of four hooded niches and a central sprocketed spire, mounted on a base. A band of carved shields runs around the top of the base. The niches have trefoil arches, with the hoods over being steeply pitched and sprocketed, with a pointed arch and foliate designs carved into the tympana. The hoods are supported by granite columns with leaf capitals. In the north-facing niche is a carved stone statue of Saint Lawrence holding a grid iron (on which he was martyred) and in the south-facing niche is a statue of St Mary Magdalene holding a cross, and with a skull at her feet. The other two niches are empty but are believed to have originally held the names of past benefactors of the churches carved into white marble slabs.

(artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-saint-lawrence-and-mary-magdalene-drinking-fountain-292811)

Migdał

April 21, 2025

The ornate Metropolitan Drinking Fountain, originally erected in 1866 outside the Church of St Lawrence Jewry, was a generous gift to London from the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Designed by architect John Robinson with bronze sculpture work by Joseph Durham, this Victorian fountain was carefully dismantled into approximately 150 pieces during the Guildhall redevelopment in the 1970s and placed in storage.

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June 2, 2024

On hot days you can cool off here for free. A very welcome option, especially in London, where prices are expensive.

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Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom

St Lawrence and Mary Magdalene Drinking Fountain

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