Bruce Fountain

Building summary
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	56°15′11″N 3°12′29″W
Listing	Category B
Listing ref	LB31255

The Bruce Fountain is an ornamental fountain in Falkland High Street, near the site of the Mercat Cross. It was commissioned by Onesiphorus and Margaret Tyndall Bruce, but not completed until after Mr Tyndall Bruce's death.

HES listing details
Reference:	Date:	Category:
Address/Site Name Bruce Fountain, High Street
Description A Roos, 1856. Mid pointed, spired open octagon rising from square base; horse trough and bollards.
Statement of special interest Noted all B listed items between 1 and 103 form a single group with the Palace and House of Falkland and thier[sic] ancillaries, the survivin[sic] Balmblae buildings, and Millfield i[n] Falkland Landward Parish.

Further references

"The plan of the fountain which is to be erected at the Cross, drawn by Mr. Alexander Roos, Italian Artist, has been received at Falkland House, and is considered by ample judges to be most magnificent and unsurpassed by any in the "Kingdom".

"From the limited supply of water, it was found impossible to have a jet, but the taste and skill of the eminent architect, Mr. Roos of London, has amply compensated for what some people may consider a deficiency in that way."

"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."

"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.

Gallery

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  The Fountain
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  Lion with Royal Burgh arms