Fountain in Grounds to South West of Whinney Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1983. Fountain.

Fountain in Grounds to South West of Whinney Hospital

WRENN ID
riven-lantern-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1983
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain in Grounds to South West of Whinney Hospital, Durham Road
OS grid reference
NZ 255 604
Coordinates
54.93797, -1.603
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 19th-century stone fountain located in the grounds to the south-west of Whinney Hospital. It features an octagonal basin with dwarf walls that have krater-shaped urns on plinths at each corner. In the center, there is a moulded octagonal plinth with small angles at four of the corners. Above this, a taller central plinth with a water-carrier rises, adorned with a quadrooned moulding.

Local climate

Fountain in Grounds to South West of Whinney Hospital 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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