Grey, cream and red granites form a compact fountain commemorating Queen Victoria’s sixty-year reign at the meeting of The Square and Union Street.
Quick facts
- Date
- 1897
- Architect / designer
- Unknown maker
- Type
- Granite commemorative drinking fountain and trough
- Designation
- Listed building, Category C (LB40434)
- OS grid reference
- NJ 93363 67472
Architecture, archaeology and continuing use
A circular grey plinth stands on a cream base incorporating a trough. Small red basins sit below the former taps, and a shaped cap with carved crests supports a polished red shaft and crown finial.
Its story
The burgh installed the fountain for the Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Its inscriptions connect the dates 1837 and 1897, while coats of arms make the object both practical street furniture and civic ceremony in stone.
Why it is included
Category C listing recognises a complete small monument whose materials, heraldry and prominent site express late-Victorian burgh identity.
What to notice
- Contrasting colours of three granite types.
- Small basins positioned beneath former taps.
- The crown finial above the inscribed shaft.
Reading the surroundings
View from public space without climbing, blocking the junction or placing objects on the monument. Do not assume that any water fitting is safe to use.
Timeline
- 1837 Victoria’s accession supplied the first date in the later inscription.
- 1897 The burgh marked sixty years of her reign with a public fountain.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The designer, quarry sources, present water operation and detailed conservation history were not established.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Rosehearty Jubilee Fountain, LB40434 — Designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB40434 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
Location
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