I'm in Cheltenham for a mini-break, my first time away since October 2019, before Covid, and I've spent this afternoon walking the streets, admiring the stunning Regency architecture, enjoying the tree-lined streets, and beautiful parks. I found this, the Whish Fountain, in Sandford Park. The signboard explained:
The Whish
Fountain is named after the three benevolent Whish sisters, Mary, Anne and
Ellen. To commemorate their fifty years' residency in Cheltenham, the elderly
sisters kindly commissioned and donated the drinking fountain as a gift to the
people in 1891.
Carved out of Seaton stone, with a 22 foot high weather vane, the fountain was
originally installed at Westal Green on the Lansdown Road in 1901. Due to road
widening and redevelopment of that site, the fountain was later rehomed to
Sandford Park in 1929, where it has remained a decorative feature without its
fountain and vane.
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