Victorian drinking fountain is back in action after heritage restoration

A Victorian drinking fountain on Kensington High Street that was installed over a century ago has been restored to working order.The stone fountain was installed next to the Public Library in 1900 and paid for by the local Temperance Society, which was dedicated to promoting drinking water over alcohol.
The idea for the free drinking fountain emerged from the St. Mary Abbot’s Temperance Society in 1898 when the Rev Canon Pennefather applied for permission to errect a new pedestal drinking