CONTRACTOR Being Sought For £130,000 Fountain Makeover
INVERCLYDE Council is pressing ahead with a plan to restore a historic Greenock landmark.
The council has invited bids from contractors for the refurbishment of the Lyle Fountain in Cathcart Square.
A budget of £130,000 has been set aside for the project which is expected to take four months.
The drinking fountain was gifted to the town in 1880 by Abram Lyle, founder of the Lyle sugar refinery which would later merge with Henry Tate’s refinery to form Tate and Lyle.
He served as Greenock provost from 1876 to 1879 before moving to London to set up a refinery producing golden syrup.
The circular fountain is capped with an ornamental dome featuring the crests of 18 prominent families of Greenock including Ardgowan, Watt and Morton.
The jubilee drinking fountain on Ashton Promenade was restored last year.
