Pant in Front of the John George Joicey Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Fountain.

Pant in Front of the John George Joicey Museum

WRENN ID
vast-roof-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Fountain
Address
Pant in Front of the John George Joicey Museum, City Road
OS grid reference
NZ 252 641
Coordinates
54.97152, -1.60747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 17th-century fountain located in front of the John George Joicey Museum on City Road in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and has an octagonal shape. The fountain features a cyma-moulded plinth that leads to a high arcaded pedestal. This pedestal has an impost string and supports a wide fountain with rounded coping, which is adorned with a modillioned cornice.

Local climate

Pant in Front of the John George Joicey Museum receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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