Charlton Memorial Drinking Fountain to North West of Saltwell Towers is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Drinking fountain.

Charlton Memorial Drinking Fountain to North West of Saltwell Towers

WRENN ID
forbidden-pillar-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1973
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Charlton Memorial Drinking Fountain to North West of Saltwell Towers, East Park Road
OS grid reference
NZ 254 610
Coordinates
54.94304, -1.60469
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Charlton Memorial Drinking Fountain, located to the north-west of Saltwell Towers, is a late 19th-century structure designed in the Gothic style. It features a square stepped base and a battered shaft. Each face of the fountain has grey granite basins supported by corbels and pink granite columns. The main shaft includes inset corner columns made of pink granite, high relief carvings, and a gable on each face topped with a crocketed spire and angle pinnacles. The four gable ends display two portrait heads, a coat of arms, and an inscription honoring George Charlton, Esquire, JP, who served as Mayor of Gateshead in 1874 and 1875, recognizing his contributions to social reform.

Local climate

Charlton Memorial Drinking Fountain to North West of Saltwell Towers receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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