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ROQ fountain restored

ROQ fountain restored

The Triton fountain in the courtyard at the Woodstock Road entrance to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter has been fully renovated and is now working again after several months of inactivity

14 February 2020

Photo of a building in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter with the fulling working Triton fountain in the foreground

The fountain was built in 1858 to accompany the Old Radcliffe Infirmary; its age meant lengthy and careful conservation work by the ROQ Facilities Management team and colleagues in several other parts of Estates Services was needed to get the pumps working again.