The Talbot Hounds Fountain
📍 15 Boar Ln, Leeds LS1 6EN, UK
About The Talbot Hounds Fountain
Tucked away just off Boar Lane in Leeds city centre, The Talbot Hounds Fountain offers a charming and historically rich landmark for visitors to discover. This distinctive fountain is adorned with unique sculptures of Talbot hounds, a breed of hunting dog common in medieval England. It provides a delightful and characterful spot, often described by visitors as a hidden gem offering a quiet escape from the main thoroughfares.
The detailed dog sculptures are a key feature, captivating those who take a moment to appreciate the artistry and historical context they represent. Reviewers often praise the interesting nature of the dogs and the fountain's overall appeal as a pleasant place to pause, enjoy lunch, or simply relax. Its convenient location opposite Trinity Leeds makes it an easily accessible yet peaceful haven within the bustling city.
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The Talbot Hounds Fountain is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, allowing visitors to enjoy its unique charm at any time. The site features a wheelchair accessible entrance, ensuring ease of access for all visitors.
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📍 15 Boar Ln, Leeds LS1 6EN, UK
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A really nice fountain with really cool and interesting dog sculptures around it. There is a lot of character here and it is a nice spot that is hidden off the main streets in Leeds and one that is cool to visit.
Sep 2022: The Talbot was a type of hunting hound common in England during the Middle Ages. It is depicted in art of the period as small to medium-sized, white in colour, with short legs, large powerful feet, a deep chest with a slender waist, long drooping ears, and a very long curled tail. It is shown in one well-known example at Haddon Hall with a fierce facial expression. It is now extinct, but is believed to be an ancestor of the modern Beagle and Bloodhound. It is uncertain whether it was a scenthound (bred for the quality of its nose), a sighthound (bred for the quality of sight and speed), or a dog used for digging out quarry, nor is it known what type of quarry it hunted, whether deer, fox, boar, etc. In Trevelyan Square, a noble Talbot - a hunting hound - stands alongside three others, supporting a grand stone fountain built for Castle Carr, a huge mock-medieval house near Halifax. Lost for decades after the house fell into ruins, the fountain eventually reappeared in a stonemason's yard in the 1990s!
Nice quiet place just of boar Lane opposite trinity. Good place to eat your lunch and relax.
Nice place to sit and chill. Shame the dog fountain doesn't work