Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 2012. Fountain. 1 related planning application.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- wild-eave-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Tynemouth MP: Sir Alan Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 2012
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain, Northern Promenade, Whitley Bay
- OS grid reference
- NZ 352 732
- Coordinates
- 55.05245, -1.4501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain is located in a large stone-flagged recess on the west side of North Promenade. It is designed as a hexagonal cast-iron pillar with a stepped top. A small basin is fixed to the front panel, which features a plaque that reads:
THIS FOUNTAIN WAS/ ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE/ THE CORONATION OF/ T. M. KING GEORGE/ AND QUEEN ELIZABETH/ MAY 12TH 1937
On the left and right side panels, there are large basins, and at the base, there are two additional basins for animals. The fountain showcases various Art Deco decorations, including chevrons on the front panel, fluted motifs on the sides, and a wave-patterned top. It is attached to a length of brick walling.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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