Drinking Fountain in Wall of Westgate Cemetery One Metre from East Corner is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain in Wall of Westgate Cemetery One Metre from East Corner

WRENN ID
sacred-plaster-moth
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
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain in Wall of Westgate Cemetery One Metre from East Corner, Elswick Road
OS grid reference
NZ 237 641
Coordinates
54.97171, -1.63008
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, dated 1859 and inscribed "PRESENTED BY DUNN AND CO.", is located in the wall of Westgate Cemetery, just one metre from the east corner. It is made of pink granite and features a plain back plate with an inscribed pediment and a semicircular basin.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain in Wall of Westgate Cemetery One Metre from East Corner 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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