Drinking Fountain on West Corner of Milbank Road is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain on West Corner of Milbank Road

WRENN ID
unlit-iron-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain on West Corner of Milbank Road, Woodland Road
OS grid reference
NZ 282 148
Coordinates
54.5286, -1.56568
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, located on the west corner of Milbank Road, was constructed in 1866 and is set into a rubble stone wall. It features medallions in the spandrels above a roll-moulded Romanesque arch, supported by small columns, all framed within a stone panel that has a corbelled coved cornice. Inside, there is a cast iron arch decorated with a Greek fret pattern, along with key and impost blocks adorned with flowery trim and wide pilasters featuring trophies. An arched cast iron panel with a cable moulded border contains a later basin and faucet hood. The fountain was donated to the town by Joseph Pease and later restored by Dr. Freshwater.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain on West Corner of Milbank Road 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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