Springhouse at Fonthill Castle built around 1910 by Henry Mercer, it was constructed with reinforced concrete and decorated inside and under the porch like structure with some of his famous tiles. The roof is covered with Spanish tiles. The purpose of this structure was to protect the springwater from dirt and degris and capture spring water for drinking etc and keep food cool in the summer months. The temperature of the spring water was a constant temp probably in the mid 50's making it a somewhat natural refrigerator. The Springhouse itself is locked but try and take a picture thru the opening on the side to view the basin and its construction of brick and tile. The spring still looks active and feeds a concrete basin not far away.
Go down the steps toward the lower level and look at the 4 line poem above you.
Now for the questions to get credit for the virtual: email or message me the first line of the poem and what letter was used in place of the proper letter in 2 of the poems words.
Hope you take time to look over the castle and maybe get a tour of it and the tile works close by.
Some construction is taking place here, try and do the best you can with answers.
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