Drinking Fountain 30 Metres East of Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.

Drinking Fountain 30 Metres East of Post Office

WRENN ID
idle-soffit-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1987
Type
Drinking fountain
OS grid reference
NZ 172 859
Coordinates
55.16793, -1.73145
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, located 30 metres east of the Post Office in Mitford, was built in 1877. It is made of tooled-and-margined stone and features a brass spout. The fountain has a round-headed arch that encloses a relief carving of a dragon's head impaled on a sword. The spout plate is inscribed with "J.P.O.M." (which stands for Colonel John Philip Osbaldeston-Mitford) and includes the date of construction. The fountain is historically significant as it is situated at the site of a holy well, which is reputed to have been the location of miracles associated with a relic of St. Cuthbert's shroud in the year 1006.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain 30 Metres East of Post Office receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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