Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University
PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD

artist not known
Jeffcock Memorial Water Trough and Drinking Fountain, after 1902
Handsworth Road
granite

[Listed Building: Grade II]

Location:
Handsworth Road. (A-Z p.101 4H)

Description:
Column in polished granite, with small basin for drinking fountain, together with large water trough in white granite. The surface of the column has been inscribed with simple decorative patterns.

Inscriptions:
On the pink polished granite column within the inscribed patterns: JEFFCOCK / MEMORIAL // M.J. / MAY 20. 1883. // T.D.J. / SEPT 14. 18?? // T.W.J. / AUGUST 3. 1900.

Commission:
not known

Comment:
The Jeffcocks were a large and prominent local family whose members have been recorded in the area since 1351. The most notable member of the family was William Jeffcock, who was born in Handsworth in 1800 and, in 1843, became the very first Mayor of Sheffield.
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