St Lawrence and Mary Magdalene Drinking Fountain
Fountain in London, United Kingdom
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The St Lawrence and Mary Magdalene Drinking Fountain is a drinking fountain on the eastern side of Carter Lane Gardens, near St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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The fountain in 2014, with St Paul's Cathedral visible behind it | |
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| Artist | John Robinson |
| Year | 1866 |
| Medium | Bronze |
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Design
The fountain was designed by the architect John Robinson. It features bronze sculpture by the artist Joseph Durham.[1][2] It includes statues of the saints Lawrence and Mary Magdalene.[3]
History
The fountain was originally installed in 1866 outside the church of St Lawrence Jewry. It was dismantled into 150 pieces in the 1970s which were stored in a vault in the City of London for fifteen years, and after that in a barn at a farm in Epping. The pieces were sent to a foundry in Chichester for reassembly in 2009.[1] The fountain was reassembled in its current location in 2010.[3]
