The Fountain Basin, 200 Metres North-West of Whispering Waters is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Fountain.
The Fountain Basin, 200 Metres North-West of Whispering Waters
- WRENN ID
- odd-rotunda-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- NZ 161 173
- Coordinates
- 54.55095, -1.75129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fountain Basin, located 200 metres north-west of Whispering Waters, is a mineral water fountain dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of sandstone and features a font-like circular basin with a curled-out rim at its centre, which stands in a larger, lower, and wider basin. Water flows from a central pipe and over channels on the rim of the basins, eventually discharging into the River Tees through a 1.5 metre long stone gutter.
Local climate
The Fountain Basin, 200 Metres North-West of Whispering Waters receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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