Restored Victorian Fountain in Fountain Gardens in Paisley Renfrewshire Scotland
Restored Victorian Fountain in Fountain Garden in Paisley Renfrewshire Scotland. The gardens were developed on the site of earlier gardens, the Hope Temple Gardens, which were created by John Love in 1797. The gardens were put up for sale in 1866 and bought by Thomas Coats of Ferguslie, an industrialist who with his brothers ran the Paisley thread manufacturing company J & P Coats. The gardens were renamed Fountain Gardens and gifted to the public of Paisley by Thomas Coats. As Paisley grew in size and became more industrialised, Thomas Coats wanted to give the people of Paisley an open space which they could enjoy. The garden's inauguration took place in May 1868. A statue of Robert Burns was erected in the Gardens in the 1890s. The cost of the statue was funded from money raised by concerts given by the Tannahill Choir, (1884 - 95) which took place on the Gleniffer Braes. The statue is located next to the fountain and is reputed to be the finest Burns statue in Britain.
Size: 5565px × 3626px
Location: Fountain Park, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland uK
Photo credit: © Lynne Sutherland / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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