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, United Kingdom.
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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 (1866) |
Medium | Bronze |
Location | Carter Lane Gardens, London |
Coordinates | 51°30′47″N 0°05′50″W |
The fountain was designed by architect John Robinson. It features bronze sculpture by artist Joseph Durham.[1][2] Statuary on it depicts St Lawrence and St Mary Magdalene.[3]
The fountain was originally installed in 1866 outside the Church of St Lawrence Jewry. It was dismantled into 150 pieces in the 1970s and put into a city vault for fifteen years, then stored in a barn at a farm in Epping. The pieces were sent to a foundry in Chichester for reassembly in 2009.[1] It was moved to the current location in 2010.[3]
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