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The Perseus and Andromeda Fountain, Witley Court, 1860

The centre-piece of Nesfield's 'monster work', and one of the largest fountains in Europe

A fountain set in an ornamental shaped pool 100 metres south of Witley Court. It was constructed for Lord Ward, the first Earl of Dudley, to the designs of William Andrews Nesfield, at that time the most sought after garden landscape architect in the Kingdom. The Portland stone statues represent the classical myth of the hero Perseus riding the winged horse Pegasus, rescuing the heroine Andromeda, who has been chained to a rock by the jealous sea-god Poseidon and battling a sea monster which is attempting to devour Andromeda. The base of the fountain is encircled by alternating grotesque fish and shells and is set in shaped render-lined brick pool.

The engineers for the fountain were Easton & Co. To supply the water required 4,000 gallons of water were pumped from a nearby pool to a reservoir more than half a mile away and 30 metres above the level of the house. The main jet from the sea monster's mouth reached a height of 36 metres.

The fountain was carved in London at James' studio  and transported to Worcester on a specially made rail carriage .The next stage of the journey from Worcester to Witley was even more incredible as the stonework was loaded straight from the train at Shrub Hill station onto a wagon pulled by 17 shire horses and taken to Witley

21.03.1860 
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The Worcestershire Chronicle reports “Statuary – The gigantic body of the statue of a horse, minus the head, neck and limbs, was yesterday conveyed from the Worcester station to Witley Court, where it is to form part of a group of statuary. The material was a hard white stone. As there might have been some difficulty in lifting the mass of stone at the railway stations, it was put on a trolley at the mason’s yard, and the vehicle and its load were put on a railway truck in London, and sent down with about as much ease as a gentleman’s carriage is conveyed along the railway. At the Worcester station a large team of powerful horses, belonging to Mr. John Tustin of Lowesmoor, was put in front of the trolley (which with its load weighed 15 tons ) and it was taken to the gardens of Witley Court, where the statue was safely deposited”



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