Fountain in South East Corner of Public Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. Fountain.
Fountain in South East Corner of Public Garden
- WRENN ID
- vast-frieze-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Fountain in South East Corner of Public Garden, Houndgate
- OS grid reference
- NZ 288 143
- Coordinates
- 54.52358, -1.55507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fountain located in the south-east corner of the public garden dates from the mid-19th century. It features a shallow terra-cotta bowl adorned with guilloche moulding beneath a scalloped run and a lotus leaf pattern on the underside. The bowl is supported by a stem with acanthus leaf moulding, which rests on a carved octagonal stone base that appears more modern. The entire structure is set within a modern square pool with brick side walls. A plaque on the west side states: "This fountain was erected in 1858 at the top of Tubwell Row and later moved to Green Park. It was moved to the present site in 1970 as a gift from the North of England Newspapers to mark the centenary of the Northern Echo first published in Darlington on first January 1870."
Local climate
Fountain in South East Corner of Public Garden receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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