This dog or more properly hound is to be found in Trevelyan Square just off Boar Lane across from Holy Trinity church.
Until I mentioned it to someone I know I had assumed the this stone fountain was a recent sculpture, but I was wrong. The fountain was commissioned by a Capt Joseph Edwards back in the 1850's for his home Castle Carr near Halifax. Castle Carr had extensive water gardens and this fountain was a small part of these, the house was demolished in 1961.
The Talbot hounds fountain was rediscovered restored and later bought by MEPC for their development at Trevelyan Square. The fountain consists of a round cup shape with four hounds around it.
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I don't think that I have ever seen a dog fountain before!
ReplyDeleteThe Talbot was a hunting dog which is now extinct.
ReplyDeleteLove that fountain!
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