The Waterford Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Fountain.
The Waterford Fountain
- WRENN ID
- carved-terrace-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- NT 946 375
- Coordinates
- 55.63159, -2.08637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Waterford Fountain is a former fountain, now serving as a planter, built around 1860 for Lady Waterford to commemorate her husband's death in 1859. It features a sandstone ashlar basin and a granite base supporting a polished pink granite column topped with a sandstone statue.
The fountain has a large quatrefoil-shaped basin with a cable-moulded edge and four lion-head spouts at the corners that drain into semicircular overflow basins. At the center stands a tall Corinthian column on an octagonal base, with alternate sides projecting to accommodate stone water spouts. The sides of the column are inscribed with worn text, including the phrase "with joy shall ye drink out of the well of salvation. Drink ye abundantly O beloved." The column is octagonal at the base and round above, adorned with shields and cable moulding where they meet. At the top, there is an almost lifesize angel holding a shield displaying the Waterford arms.
The column was renewed after sustaining storm damage in 1868.
Local climate
The Waterford Fountain receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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