Memorial Fountain at Junction with Road to Ford is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Fountain.

Memorial Fountain at Junction with Road to Ford

WRENN ID
leaning-keep-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Fountain
Address
Memorial Fountain at Junction with Road to Ford, West End, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NY 991 393
Coordinates
54.74884, -2.01463
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The memorial fountain, dated 1877, is located at the junction with the road to Ford in Stanhope. It was built on behalf of the people of Stanhope to commemorate the late J.J. Roddam of New-Town. Constructed from sandstone ashlar and pink granite, the fountain is designed in the Gothic style. It features a round-cornered step leading to a granite basin, which is sheltered by a gabled cusped canopy. This canopy rests on corbelled granite shafts that have stone clasping bands and foliage capitals. The shafts are recessed and support an inner arch, with additional shafts at the corners. The structure has three diminishing upper stages topped with a blind arcade and steeply-sloped coping, adorned with extensive Gothic ornamentation. A panel on the left side commemorates Roddam. At the time of the survey, one shaft was missing.

Local climate

Memorial Fountain at Junction with Road to Ford sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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