Drinking Fountain in Front of No.4 and the Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain in Front of No.4 and the Cottage
- WRENN ID
- solemn-hearth-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain in Front of No.4 and the Cottage, Shield Street, Allendale
- OS grid reference
- NY 837 557
- Coordinates
- 54.89621, -2.25542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This drinking fountain, likely dating from the late 18th century, is made of squared stone. The tap is set in a semicircular recess that features a round-arched head beneath a pediment. The pediment encloses a panel with the initials I.H. There is a plain sunk panel at the rear, and the fountain has a gabled top. It is located in front of No. 4 and The Cottage on Shield Street in Allendale Town.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain in Front of No.4 and the Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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