Hubert Fountain

Hubert Fountain This monumental cast iron fountain was cast c 1862 by the French foundry of M Barbezat and Co at the Val d’Osne Foundry in Haut Marne, near Paris. The fountain was first erected in the Royal Horticultural Society’s gardens in London for the Second International Exhibition of 1862. (It was shown with the “Ross Fountain” now situated in West Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh). After the 1862 Exhibition, the Hubert Fountain was erected in the grounds of Olantigh Towers at Wye, five miles from Ashford, but the mansion was razed to the ground by a devastating fire in 1903. Mr George Harper, an antique shop owner and art collector, who was also, at that time, Chairman of the Ashford Urban District Council, purchased it. He made an anonymous offer to present the fountain to Ashford on the condition that the Council re-erect it at Victoria Park at their own expense. The Council refused. Then Mr Harper, acknowledging ownership, agreed to pay for the re-erection, if the Council provided the foundations, water supply, and provide a water display every year on his birthday. Now knowing who had made the offer, perhaps the Council felt they could not say no. The fountain was dismantled, brought to Ashford in sections by traction engine, and formally presented to Ashford on 24th July 1912. Three weeks’ later, Councillor George Harper was run over and killed by a train.

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