We are carrying out research on the pieces on these pages.
If you have further information or revisions to the material above please contact
me, Dave Ball, by e-mail or telephone: 0114 225 6213 with the details.
We would also like to hear from you with details of any
sculptures or monuments which we may have missed.
We are very grateful for any additional information which you may be able to give us.
| ArtistMaker: | Messrs ROBINSON of Barnsley (builders) | 
|
|---|---|---|
| TitleOfWork: | Kendray memorial drinking fountain | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | [detail] | |
| DateOfCreation: | 1887 | |
| Dimensions: | Height: over 3.5 m | |
| Medium: | Aberdeen Rough granite | |
| Location: | Elsecar Heritage Centre (Originally at the junction of Kendray Street and Eldon Street). (SE435403) | |
| AtoZReference: | p.23 6H | |
| Postcode: | S70 | |
| Street: | (Kendray and Eldon Streets) | |
| TownOrVillage: | Barnsley | |
| AreaInTown: | Town Centre | |
| MetropolitanBorough: | Barnsley | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | b015b | |
| Description: An octagonal granite pedestal on which a street light was placed. A round basin can be seen in photographs of the fountain attached to the column at approximately waist height. The base of the pedestal is a drinking trough for dogs and to one side is a horse trough; the design of the latter is similar to that of the Mason Fountain. Inscription: "ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF / F.W.T.VERNON WENTWORTH, ESQ / OF WENTWORTH CASTLE / AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM AND RESPECT / FOR HIS LIFE-LONG INTEREST IN AND / KINDNESS TO ALL DUMB CREATURES" Two crests appear twice on the monument: under one: "SPECTEMUR AGENDO" and "EN DIEU EST TOUT" Commission: Late in 1885 an application to erect a fountain at the Eldon and Kendray Streets junction was successfully made to the Barnsley Corporation. When this news was reported in the Barnsley Chronicle. The daughter of Mr and Mrs Kendray, Mrs Ann Lambert, now living in London, "wrote that she would bear the entire expense of the fountain if allowed to erect it in memory of her parents. This request was agreed and the same year the Kendray Drinking Fountain was supplied by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association of London and erected by Messrs ROBINSON of Barnsley at a cost of abut £300." [1] The fountain was inaugurated by Alderman Thomas Marsden, the Mayor, on March 28th 1887. [2] The Kendrays were linen manufacturers and philanthropists, contributing significant sums of money to hospitals and other causes in Barnsley. Kendray Street itself had been named after them. [2] Comment: It was removeded in 1931. The pedestal with drinking fountains with the upper section, minus supporting columns, placed directly on top of it, can be found at Elsecar heritage Centre. The horse trough and columns are missing. References: [1] "The Barnsley Annual" p.13 [2] Alliott, Gerald J. 'The Vanishing Relics of Barnsley', Wharncliffe Publishing, 1996. p.96-8 |
||
|
Photographer Dave Ball (unless indicated otherwise above) Images copyright Sheffield Hallam University For permission to use any image from these pages please contact us |
This page maintained by Dave Ball Slide Collection, Learning & IT Services Last updated July 18, 2005 |