Listed Building
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Address/Name of Site
TOMICH, TWEEDMOUTH MEMORIAL FOUNTAINLB8121
Status: Designated
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Summary
- Category
- B
- Date Added
- 05/10/1971
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Planning Authority
- Highland
- Parish
- Kiltarlity And Convinth
- NGR
- NH 30578 27195
- Coordinates
- 230578, 827195
Description
Dated 1910. Sculptor, R Tait Mackenzie. Shaped rubble
mural fountain, surmounted by polished ashlar urn, and with
flanking, slightly advanced outer plinths; narrow polished
ashlar ribs define centre plaque and face of memorial,
converging at water conduit within semi-circular niche
fronted by low ashlar water trough with centre water spout.
Centre bronze plaque with motto, coat of arms, inscription
and winged cherub at base. Long round headed plaques set in
outer rubble plinths each with fox's head (originally each
with chained drinking cup hanging from mouth) with semi-
circular basin at base and with relief profile of (right)
Lord Tweedmouth and (left) Lady Tweedmouth with reeded
border superimposed by leaf motifs depicting oak, larch,
willow etc. Very low rubble quadrants flank memorial.
Statement of Special Interest
Centre bronze plaque inscribed with motto "Advance with
Courage". Inscription reads; "To the memory of Sir Dudley
Coutts Marjoribanks Bart. 1st Lord Tweedmouth born Dec. 29
1820 died March 4 1894 whose home was at Guisachan 1854-1894
who built the village of Tomich and whose chief delight was
to work for the improvement and development of this
district - and also to the memory of Isabel Lady Tweedmouth
who was a mother to the people on the Guisachan property
from 1854 to 1905. This fountain is erected by their
children, Edward 2nd Lord Tweedmouth and Ishbel Countess of
Aberdeen". Profile reliefs signed and dated R Tait Mackenzie.
References
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