Grainger Memorial Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. A C19 Fountain.
Grainger Memorial Fountain
- WRENN ID
- ancient-moulding-sunrise
- 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
- Grainger Memorial Fountain, Waterloo Street
- OS grid reference
- NZ 243 638
- Coordinates
- 54.96899, -1.62121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grainger Memorial Fountain is a Grade II listed horse trough and drinking fountain, dated 1892 and signed by the Elswick Court Marble Works Company in Newcastle. It is constructed from pink and grey granite and features a plinth, corner shafts, and a cornice with semi-circular pediments. The fountain has a dome topped with a finial, a semi-circular basin at the rear, and a rectangular trough in front. An inscription on the front panel commemorates Rachel and Richard Grainger.
Local climate
Grainger Memorial Fountain 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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