Buxton Memorial Fountain

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The Buxton Memorial Fountain is a Gothic Revival monument in London commemorating the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monument ⓘ
public fountain ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ
architecturalType canopied fountain ⓘ
category Abolition of slavery memorials ⓘ
Fountains in London ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in London ⓘ
commemorates Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
abolitionists who campaigned against slavery ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo abolition of slavery in the British Empire ⓘ
hasArchitect Samuel Sanders Teulon ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of the British abolitionist movement ⓘ
hasDesignFeature gabled canopies ⓘ
inscription panels ⓘ
octagonal plan ⓘ
polychrome decoration ⓘ
sculpted figures ⓘ
hasUse drinking fountain ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy Historic England ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade II* listed building ⓘ
honours Granville Sharp ⓘ
Henry Brougham ⓘ
James Stephen ⓘ
Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
William Wilberforce ⓘ
Zachary Macaulay ⓘ
inception 1865 ⓘ
locatedIn City of Westminster ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
location Victoria Tower Gardens ⓘ
materialUsed bronze ⓘ
granite ⓘ
marble ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
nearby Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames
originalLocation Parliament Square ⓘ
owner Westminster City Council ⓘ
relocatedTo Victoria Tower Gardens ⓘ
relocationYear 1957 ⓘ
subjectOf campaigns for preservation and restoration ⓘ
yearCompleted 1865 ⓘ

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Victoria Tower Gardens → hasMemorial → Buxton Memorial Fountain ⓘ