These fountains were made right here in Derby at the Duke Street Foundry "Britannia Iron Works".
This amazing looking Handyside fountain is located in the grounds of the Chateau Impney Hotel in Droitwich, Worcestershire, UK.
Chateau Impney was built in 1875 by John Corbett, the Salt King, as a present to his wife. Sir Nicolas Pevsner judged Impney to be "the showiest of them all in the county".
In 1945, the house was purchased by Ralph Edwards who restored it and developed it as a hotel. Today the Chateau is one of the premier hotels in the Heart of England.
This particular design of fountain is listed as Design Number 36 on Page 14 of the 1879 publication "An Illustrated book of Designs for Fountains and Vases, costing from £1 to £1200 manufactured by Andrew Handyside".
Photograph of the Handyside Fountain at Chateau Impney :
Another photograph in different light with Chateau Impney in the background :
Another photograph of this great fountain, with Chateau Impney in the background :
If you would like to stop in this hotel then visit their website for more details :
www.chateau-impney.com
Can you help find more Handyside stuff ?
If anyone out there knows of any other Fountains around the world bearing the Handyside badge that I have not mentioned yet then please get in touch with details, location, photographs etc.
Thanks
Andy
My english is not good. I´m a journalist from a little country called El Salvador, in Central America. By these days, I´m trying to write an article about an old fountain, exactly like this one, that was restored and since two weeks ago it marks again the central plaza of a local city, Zacatecoluca.
ReplyDeleteThe fountain was bought in London by an 1884 expresident of this country. That fact suposse a long trip across the Atlantic Sea -when Panamá Channel was mythology- to reach the tropical salvadoran shore (in the ocean Pacific side). I would like to know the accurate age of this victorian foutain.
In change, I Would like to share photos of our fountain that is surrounded by spanish style houses, tropical trees and the perfect cone of a volcano. Greetings from El Salvador! Your site is very helpful.