Hubert Fountain – Victoria Park – Ashford

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Hubert Fountain – Victoria Park – Ashford – Angleterre

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Fondeur: VAL D'OSNE
Pays: United Kingdom
Continent: Europe
Latitude: 51.1439504
Longitude: 0.8652221
Planche Volumen: vo2_pl555
Matériau: Fonte
Type d'oeuvre: Fontaines et vasques
Morphologie: fontaine
Année: 1862
Titulaire(s) et droits sur les photos: Ashford museum - Ashford Borough Council website

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Hubert Fountain – Victoria Park – Ashford – Angleterre

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Fiche créée ou mise à jour par : Dominique Perchet le 7 juillet 2016

Description:

Fontaine signée Barbezat, initialement exposée à Londres : Royal Horticultural Society Exhibition en 1862 puis déplacéce à Olantigh Towers in Wye avant d’arriver à Ashford en 1912.

Listed at Grade II (classement monument historique) for the following principal reasons:

Design Quality: a monumental art cast iron fountain of three tiers with figures of cupids, atlantes and caryatids based on antique and classic models in the Ecole des Beaux Arts style, cast by a foundry which acquired a worldwide reputation for such fountains and described in the 1862 International Exhibition catalogue as ‘a fine monumental work’ and ‘of exquisite design and perfect form’;
Rarity: the finest of only three examples of listed cast iron ornamental fountains in England, one of only three surviving listed ornamental fountains in the country displayed at C19 International exhibitions, and the only listed ornamental fountain in England cast by a French foundry;
Comparators: comparable with the Ross Fountain in Edinburgh (listed Grade A), also exhibited at the 1862 Exhibition, the Hubert Fountain was considered in 1862 as the finer of the two fountains although the Ross Fountain now has stronger group value; Degree of survival: little altered.

http://www.ashford.gov.uk/news/hubert-fountain-upgraded-to-grade-ii-status-25th-may-1362

Description de l'objet

Fontaine monumentale de 1862 : atlantes, caryatides et putti.

Historique

The fountain was originally showcased at the A in London in 1862, before it was installed in the grounds of Olantigh Towers in Wye. Having been kindly gifted to the park in 1912 by Mr George Harper, it was restored in 1977 for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee and further in 1998, after the National Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £367,000.