Drinking Fountain 90 Metres South East of the Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain 90 Metres South East of the Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- ragged-lintel-ivy
- 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 212 793
- Coordinates
- 55.10819, -1.66894
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This drinking fountain, located 90 metres south-east of The Old Vicarage, dates from 1902. It is made of ashlar and cast iron. The fountain features a stepped square base with a spout and bowl, supporting a circular column. The column has an inscription that commemorates how water was brought to the village by Viscount Ridley, marking the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. At the top, there is a moulded cap with a ball finial.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain 90 Metres South East of the Old Vicarage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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