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Clock and Drinking Fountain

A Grade II Listed Building in Reddish North, Stockport

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4376 / 53°26'15"N

Longitude: -2.1602 / 2°9'36"W

OS Eastings: 389457

OS Northings: 393431

OS Grid: SJ894934

Mapcode National: GBR FXCP.4G

Mapcode Global: WHB9P.SVJL

Plus Code: 9C5VCRQQ+2W

Entry Name: Clock and Drinking Fountain

Listing Date: 10 March 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1162500

English Heritage Legacy ID: 210820

ID on this website: 101162500

Location: Reddish, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK5

County: Stockport

Electoral Ward/Division: Reddish North

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Manchester

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Reddish St Elisabeth

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 15/09/2016

SJ 8993 13/101

HOULDSWORTH SQUARE (Centre)
Clock and Drinking Fountain


II
Plinth with inscription, bronze portrait roundel, fountain niche and bow on faces, supports clustered columns in pink granite, carved capitals, below block with clock face, gable top and foliated finial. Designed and erected by J. and H. Patteson of Manchester and unveiled in September 1920.

Inscription:- Dedicated to the memory of Sir William Houldsworth Baronet by the people of Reddish in grateful remembrance of the bountiful gifts whereby he enriched and adorned their village and manifested his concern for their spiritual and physical welfare.

(Sir William built St Elisabeth's Church and surrounding complex, and Houldsworth Mill and the terraces of workers houses, as a planned industrial estate in the 1870s).


Listing NGR: SJ8945793430

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