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Sir Frederick Foster Memorial Fountain — Market Square

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Sir Frederick Foster Memorial Fountain — Market Square
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Freestanding stone monument, erected 1861. Granite platform surmounted by Portland limestone podium with chamfered corners, flanked by water troughs to north and south with cast-iron lion heads as spouts projecting from podium. Inscription on east face of podium "To the memory of Sir Frederick George John Foster, Baronet. Erected by his Tenantry in A.D. 1861" over round-headed niche flanked by engaged columns and chevron to arch. Podium surmounted by over-life-size carved effigy of Sir Frederick by Thomas Farrell of Dublin.

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