The Hollen Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Fountain.
The Hollen Fountain
- WRENN ID
- grim-hall-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- The Hollen Fountain, Market Place, Morpeth
- OS grid reference
- NZ 197 859
- Coordinates
- 55.16748, -1.69093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hollon Fountain is a public drinking fountain located in Morpeth's Market Place. It was given in 1885 by Mr. Hollon in honour of his wife. The fountain is made of grey polished granite and features a rusticated base. It has a plinth with an inscription, a round-headed rusticated arch, and a semicircular basin on each side. The design includes a broad cornice and an ogival top adorned with large acroteria at the corners. Above the fountain, there is a Victorian lamp standard.
Local climate
The Hollen Fountain 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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