Fountain in Wall of Barmoor Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. Fountain.
Fountain in Wall of Barmoor Lane
- WRENN ID
- ancient-pinnacle-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- NZ 150 646
- Coordinates
- 54.97633, -1.7671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fountain in the wall of Barmoor Lane is a 14th-century canopy that was repurposed in the late 19th century to create a fountain. It is made of sandstone and features eroded headstops on a crocketed canopy above a lintel that frames a square recess, which once housed the fountain.
Local climate
Fountain in Wall of Barmoor Lane 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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