Cambridge 2000: Trinity College: Great Court: fountain

Description: Trinity College: Great Court: fountain
Date built: 1601-1615
Trinity College: Great Court: fountain map for Trinity College: Great Court: fountain
Date photograph taken: 28 Dec 2000 (Alternative map: Google map)

A rather bland fountain located at the centre of Great Court. It was rebuilt in 1715.

The fountain was originally sourced from Trinity Conduit Head, a spring near Conduit Head Road. Franciscan Friars laid a pipe from this spring to the city in 1327, but after the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII assigned the rights to Trinity in 1538. The pipe currently has a leak with unknown location, and to find and fix it would be prohibitively expensive, so the water in the fountain now comes from mains supply.

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