St Paul's Fountain
St Paul's Fountain was built in the late 19th century, and stood outside St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London.
It was re-sited into Priory Park in 1909.
The Lord Mayor of London, Sir George Wyatt Truscott, accompanied by his Sheriffs, visited Hornsey to unveil the fountain.
The fountain was working until the mid to late 1960s and some of the older Hornsey residents may remember it as such. At some point it was turned off, filled in with rubble and soil and transformed into a giant planter.
In the 1970s the fountain was given Grade II listed status by English Heritage. In the autumn of 2014 the Friends of Priory Park decided to investigate the possiblity of getting it working again; see Projects.
In 2017 FofPP signed a Partnership Agreement with Haringey Council, so that we can act on their behalf with regard to the Fountain.
We formed a steering committee, and members siting on it are: Councillors, Adam Jogee and Dennis Bradley, David Theakston Haringey Council, Lewis Taylor from the Parks Dept, Rob Merry stone consultant, Simon Carter Head of Collections at St. Paul's Cathedral, Grace Adam - artist, Chris Chadwick Chair of FofPP and Jennifer Mann, Angela Elliott FofPP committee.
Haringey Parks department have been fully supportive in all work. The soil has been removed from the basin and we are now in possession of a complete survey by stone consultant and engineers. We are in the process of applying for grants from Historic England.
Further information and history on the fountain can be found at St. Paul's Fountain Renovation Project.