Screw Fountain, The Gardens, Alton Towers

Move your pointing device over the image to zoom to detail. If using a mouse click on the image to toggle zoom.
When in zoom mode use + or - keys to adjust level of image zoom.

Date:1920 - 1930 (c.)

Description:This stone-carved fountain is also known as the 'Corkscrew Fountain', the 'Siren Fountain' and the 'Candlestick Fountain'. It stands in a pool surrounded by aquatic plants, and is one of many ornamental features in the estate's water gardens built for the fifteenth and sixteenth Earls of Shrewsbury.

This postcard view was published by Raphael Tuck and Sons, Art Publishers to the King and Queen and HRH The Prince of Wales, for M Z Waddicar, Alton Towers.

Share:


Donor ref:01_072r (214/36363)

Source: Mr Jake Whitehouse

Copyright information: Copyrights to all resources are retained by the individual rights holders. They have kindly made their collections available for non-commercial private study & educational use. Re-distribution of resources in any form is only permitted subject to strict adherence to the usage guidelines.