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"At this point the High Street broadens into The Cross, at the centre of which is the garishly painted Bruce Fountain, in Victorian Gothic, 1856, A Roos."<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife]], page 87.</ref>
"At this point the High Street broadens into The Cross, at the centre of which is the garishly painted Bruce Fountain, in Victorian Gothic, 1856, A Roos."<ref>[[Pride, Kingdom of Fife]], page 87.</ref>


"High Street now becomes an informal square. In its centre, a large fountain by Alexander Roos of London, 1856. Octagonal base; on top of the buttresses red-painted lionsholding shields. Upper stage an octagon of open-cusped arches under a crocketed spire.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife]], pages 219&ndash;220.</ref>
"High Street now becomes an informal square. In its centre, a large fountain by Alexander Roos of London, 1856. Octagonal base; on top of the buttresses red-painted lions holding shields. Upper stage an octagon of open-cusped arches under a crocketed spire.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife]], pages 219&ndash;220. The base is actually square, not octagonal.</ref>
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Revision as of 22:01, 19 December 2020

Building details
Name Bruce Fountain
Address High Street, Falkland
Postcode
Other names The Fountain
Date 1856
Architect Alexander Roos
OS grid ref NO 25255 7389
Latitude & longitude
Listing Category B
Listing ref LB31255
Listing name Bruce Fountain, High Street

The Bruce Fountain is an ornamental fountain in Falkland High Street, near the site of the Mercat Cross.

Listing description

A Roos, 1856. Mid pointed, spired open octagon rising from square base; horse trough and bollards.[1]

Further references

"At this point the High Street broadens into The Cross, at the centre of which is the garishly painted Bruce Fountain, in Victorian Gothic, 1856, A Roos."[2]

"High Street now becomes an informal square. In its centre, a large fountain by Alexander Roos of London, 1856. Octagonal base; on top of the buttresses red-painted lions holding shields. Upper stage an octagon of open-cusped arches under a crocketed spire.[3]

Notes

  1. HES web page
  2. Pride, Kingdom of Fife, page 87.
  3. Gifford, Fife, pages 219–220. The base is actually square, not octagonal.

Gallery

[Click on a picture below to see the image full-size]