Salisbury: Old Manor fountain being restored to return to Finch House

The listed bronze sculpture was taken from the Old Manor Hospital site so that it could be cleaned and cared for.

It will return to the courtyard outside the Grade-II listed 19th century Finch House once repair work is complete.

Developers Affordable Housing and Healthcare Group (AHH) are converting the historic building into 21 bespoke apartments.

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Jayne Meadows, who is restoring the sculpture, said: “It’s a really interesting sculpture and it has been lovely to work on.

"High quality sculptures like this are incredible pieces of history and even to this day, we still use many of the same techniques that would’ve been used to create this, so I really marvel when I see something like this."

The six-foot-tall fountain sculpture features three female figures depicted in crashing sea waves.

A before image of the Finch House fountain (Image: Platinum Skies)

It was created by Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud, who was born in Reims in 1858 and it is set to be unveiled to the public for the first time at a Finch House launch event which will take place in the summer.

“It has been a long process, but it is very satisfying to work on this sculpture, to take it from the weathered state it was in through to how it will look when it’s finished. It will be a very proud moment once it is ready to go back to Finch House," added Jayne.

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