Drinking Trough and Fountain in Stable Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Drinking trough and fountain.
Drinking Trough and Fountain in Stable Yard
- WRENN ID
- solemn-arch-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Drinking trough and fountain
- Address
- Drinking Trough and Fountain in Stable Yard, Heddon-On-The-Wall
- OS grid reference
- NZ 126 659
- Coordinates
- 54.98775, -1.80401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking trough and fountain in the stable yard at Heddon-on-the-Wall is a late 18th-century structure made of ashlar and iron. It features a large octagonal trough with iron coping. At the center stands a square pillar that has water spouts shaped like lions' heads on each side. The pillar is topped with a square block cap that has a pyramidal top. Currently, the trough is used as a flower planter.
Local climate
Drinking Trough and Fountain in Stable Yard receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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