Drinking fountain circa 1901. Signed by Marshall and Tweedy, architects and W. Donaldson, sculptor. In memory of W.D. Stephen 1827-1901, mayor and sheriff of Newcastle, promoter of maritime commerce and temperance and the welfare of the poor. Erected by public subscription. Sandstone ashlar and pink granite with bronze roundel; cast iron railings. Tall sandstone panel, with scrolled date panel in broken pediment, has garland swags to pediment and to flanking high obelisks on deeply moulded plinths. Low flat-coped walls at each side have iron balustrades. Granite basin beneath inscription in main panel with round plaque {1}. The panel above the inscription was clearly intended for the display of a sculpted ornament, probably the bronze roundel identified in the List description. There is now no trace of the roundel. The fixing holes have been filled with concrete {2}.

Complex design with basins at three levels executed in polished pink granite with a ball finial to the pillar surmounted by a decorative wrought iron feature. There is an inscription carved into one side of the base. There is a bronze faucet which has been vandalised and which has been blanked off by a crude steel plate screwed to the pillar. The ground level has been raised by a rough concrete surround {1}. Local list - The Laing Memorial Fountain, situated on the junction of the Great North Road and Jesmond Dene Road, was commissioned by the widow of William Laing. Laing was the founder of the Tyne Steam Shipping Company and also founded the Town Moor Temperance Festival, the possible reason for the location of the fountain. Erected in 1895, this pink granite fountain has three basins and operated as a drinking fountain, however the tap no longer exists. The fountain also has decorative iron features and an inscription on its north east side dedicated to William Laing which reads ‘In affectionate remembrance of his lifelong interest in and kindness to all dumb animals’

Grey granite slab with a hollowed out basin supported on a grey limestone base with a grey limestone commemorative plaque behind. The plaque is backed with concrete and supported by steel supports which have been set into a concrete block behind the plinth. The plaque is set with letters, probably of lead, cast into the stone. This fountain seems to have been intended for placement against a wall, the fountain relocated from its place of origin {1}. Local list - This drinking fountain consists of a grey granite slab and a basin on a limestone base. Short columns are carved beneath the basin. The fountain was erected as a memorial to Edward Dodd Colvill, a coal fitter, and was commissioned by a relative, Caroline Sophia Russel Colvill. It was formally presented to the city in 1889 by Dr Whylock of Folkestone.

Horse trough and drinking fountain. Dated 1892. Signed ELSWICK COURT MARBLE WORKS CO. NEWCASTLE. Pink and grey granite. Plinth, corner shafts and cornice with semi-circular pediments; dome and finial. Semi-circular basin on rear; rectangular trough in front. Inscription on front panel commemorates Rachel and Richard Grainger {1}. Removed to its present site from Neville Street in the 1850s. Fountain erected by Richard and Rachel Grainger's daughter Rachel Elizabeth Burns {2}.

Drinking fountain dated 1891. Erected for the Corporation of Newcastle to commemorate John Wesley. Pink and grey granite. Pink obelisk, west carved on each face, on grey plinth with carved palmette decoration; square pink base. Low square trough at one side; basin at opposite side {1}. Erected to mark the centenary of the death of John Wesley. A gift from Mr. Utrick Alexander Ritson J.P. to the Corporation. The monument commemorates the work of the founder of Methodism in Newcastle, notably his first visit to the town in 1742. The monument was originally located in the Milk Market near the spot where Wesley first preached in 1742 {2}. There are three bowls - for people, horses and dogs {3}. Cleaned and re-sited by Eura Conservation in 1992.

Drinking fountain and portrait bust. 1914; signed Alexis Rudier and bust dated 1912. Sandstone, pink granite and bronze. Wide stone base; granite plinth and basins; sandstone pedestal with long inscription commemorating W.L. Blenkinsopp Coulson and his efforts to help the weak and defenceless 'among mankind and in the animal world'. Larger-than-life bust has drapery wrapping round pedestal {1}. Has two fountain bowls - one for humans, one for animals. The fountain originally stood in Percy Street before being moved to the Haymarket then in 1950 to its present site {2}. Statue to William Lisle Blenkinsopp-Coulson 1841-1911. Erected by public subscription. Bronze bust by A. Rechbers and cast by Alexis Rudier, Paris, surmounts a sandstone pedestal. There are two new rather crudely carved animal heads. The originals will have faucets discharging from the mouths of the beasts. There is now no water supply {3}. Colonel Blenkinsopp Coulson was a leading figure in the RSPCA and NSPCC. He founded the Cat and Dog Shelter at Spital Tongues.

Drinking fountain located at the intersection between Atkinson Road and Benwell Lane, integrated in the boundary wall and railings to St. James Church. The fountain is of sandstone with polished granite splashback to the recess and turned polished granite shafts either side of the basin {1}. Drinking fountain. Dated 1902. Sandstone ashlar with pink granite basin, nook
shafts and back panel. Gothic style. Round-headed alcove with impost bands and
archivolt, under steeply-pitched, coped gable; prominent round basin on leaf
bracket. Inscription on back panel: THIS FOUNTAIN WAS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE
THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

War memorial. 1923. Signed Sir W Goscombe John RA on plinth. Pale pink Shap granite with bronze figures. Steps and rusticated plinth to long screen with raised centre containing long group of life-size figures of soldiers marching (down the Great North Road to the Central Station, their families beside them, in April 1915), with women and children bidding farewell; angel with trumpet above heads of leading men: founders' name at side: A.B. Burton, Thames Ditton. Rear has carvings of soldiers in C17 and 19th century dress and dates 1674 and 1919; inscription commemorating raising battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers by the Newcastle and Gateshead Chambers of Commerce {1}. Large bronze sculpture depicting the response to the call to arms {2}. The memorial was commissioned and paid for by Sir George and Lady Renwick. According to the Association of Northumberland Local History Societies 1988-91 survey of war memorials, the monument was raised to commemorate three events - the raising of the Commercial Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers; the return of the five Renwick sons from the war; and Sir George Renwick's attainment of 50 years of commercial life on Newcastle Quayside {3}. On the reverse is St. George, shields and the regimental motto "QUO FATA VOCANT" (wherever the fate calls). On either side in a recess is a soldier in half relief - that on the left wears the 1674 uniform (the year the Northumberland Fusiliers Regiment was founded), that on the right the 1914-9 uniform. On the front: "NON SIBI SED PATRIAE THE RESPONSE 1914" {8}.
The Response is listed Grade I with the following description:
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MATERIALS: Shap granite monument with bronze statuary.
DESCRIPTION: memorial and sculpture, signed Sir W. Goscombe John on the plinth, founder A B Burton, Thames Ditton. The memorial comprises a granite screen wall on a rusticated plinth with a raised curved centrepiece. The plinth projects to support an impressive bronze sculptural group. In the centre is an inscribed vertical slab with a sloping apron, forming a prie dieu, and giving the appearance of an altar from a distance. The bronze group comprises dozens of highly detailed figures, those in front marching in step with two drummer boys and those behind tarrying to bid farewell to wives, children and friends. This remembers the massing of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers in April 1915, and their march down the Great North Road and through Newcastle to its Central Station. A trumpeting angel allegorical of renown soars above the advancing group, breaking the skyline of the screen wall.
On the reverse, the ends of the screen wall are broken forward to form stubby pylons. The sculpture is carved in relief from the same granite as the wall. A bare-headed St George stands in the centre on a bracket formed of two seahorses, the supporters of the arms of Newcastle. Either side are escutcheons with the arms of Newcastle and of Gateshead. On the flanks are two figures of Northumberland Fusiliers, one in the dress of 1674 when the regiment was first raised, and one in First World war service dress, complete with tin hat, trench coat and gas mask. The memorial is surrounded by shallow steps and when first dedicated it stood within a simple grass sward, not the current municipal planting.
Bas relief inscription on the front slab: NON SIBI SED PATRIE / THE RESPONSE 1914
Inscriptions on the rear: QUO FATA VOCANT
TO COMMEMORATE THE RAISING OF THE B COMPANY / 9TH BATTALION AND THE 16TH, 18TH AND 19TH SERVICE / BATTALIONS, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, BY THE NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AUGUST – OCTOBER The gift of Sir George Renwick Bt DL and Lady Renwick MCMXXIII

Small bronze low relief bust of a soldier in jungle battle dress mounted on a low masonry pillar set on a single step plinth of masonry paving with a granite kerb. Dedicated to those from the North East who gave their lives in the Burma Campaigns 1941-45 {1}. This memorial is a bronze bust of a soldier in jungle battle dress by Nicholas Whitmore that is placed on a low pillar. It is located in an area of greenery in the city centre. It was erected in 1991 and was commissioned by the Tyneside and District Burma Star Association and is inscribed: ‘IN HONOURED MEMORY OF ALL THOSE FROM THE NORTH EAST WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE BURMA CAMPAIGNS 1941-1945’ {2}. Unveiled 18 August 1991. 180cm high, 66cm wide and 44cm deep. A bronze head of a soldier in Burma wearing a soldier's slouch hat. There is a star of Burma in the top left corner. To the right of the head is a kohima poem. This memorial was commissioned by the Burma Star Association Tyneside and District Branch and was set up for the benefit of relatives who could not visit graves in the Far East {www.newmp.org.uk}.

Westgate Hill Cemetery was the first commercial cemetery founded in Newcastle and one of the first ten in England. It opened in October 1829. The Westgate Hill Cemetery Company commissioned John Green architect and William Falla, landscape gardener, to lay out the cemetery. The cemetery was created in response to the lack of facilities provided for burial - overcrowded churchyards at a time when there was a cholera epidemic. The land was obtained for £1500 in 1828. Cook and Robinson were chosen to do the masonry work, Robert Wilson made the wrought iron palisades, and Robert Elliot the cast iron gates. Plans of the cemetery show that the finished landscaping included serpentine paths, and undulating ground planted with trees and shrubs. Today the original paths are mostly lost. The ground level in the cemetery was raised at the eastern end to provide a more level area. Today the undulating ground has diminished in height and the lack of planting has meant the original design of the cemetery has almost been lost. The cemetery was entered from Westgate Hill through ashlar pillars and gateway. There was a turning circle for carriages. The steps at the southern corner were probably added after 1954 following the demolition of a lavatory. The whole cemetery is enclosed by a sandstone wall, originally capped by railings (listed grade 2). At the south end, a drinking fountain is built into the wall (listed grade 2). The square gate piers are also listed. They were originally flanked by footgates. There was a lodge and chapel of rest, demolished in 1970. The footings are still visible. The cemetery contains two listed tombs, the L'Anson tomb and Clennell family tomb {1}. Last burial was in 1957 {13}. The cemetery once included a sexton's house with a chapel and register office. The serpentine paths and landscaping were modelled on Pere Lachise in Paris. Lighting was installed at first for night time security. During the cholera outbreak of 1830-1 part of the cemetery was set aside for the victims. Later trees were planted in a line to demarcate the burial area. Later paths were dug up to accommodate more burials. The 1914-18 headstones installed by the Imperial War Graves Commission have gone {Morgan 2004}.