Listed Building record MDR24328 - St Ann's Well, The Crecent, Buxton

St Ann's Well, The Crecent, Buxton, built c1940. From the National Heritage List for England: 'BUXTON SK0573NE THE CRESCENT 616-1/3/78 (South West side) St Ann's Well GV II Drinking well. c1940, on site of earlier wells dating back to the Roman period. Ashlar gritstone with ashlar dressings, marble trough, plinth and stand, bronze figures. Rectangular base with tall square ashlar pier flanked by lower set back piers with moulded plinth and topped with convex coping. Front has shaped centre panel with round headed niche with mosaic inlay, containing 2 bronze figures, St Ann and child. Above is inscription A TRIBUTE/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ EMELIE DOROTHY BOUNDS/ COUNCILLOR OF THIS BOROUGH/ by her husband and daughter. Below is a bronze lion's head delivering water into the projecting rectangular marble trough on pedestal stand. Included for group value as an important element of The Crescent. Listing NGR: SK0579973508.' (1)