Drinking Fountain to West of Saltgrass Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1994. A 19th century Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain to West of Saltgrass Public House

WRENN ID
night-lintel-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1994
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain to West of Saltgrass Public House, Wellington Lane
OS grid reference
NZ 388 578
Coordinates
54.91392, -1.39579
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, located to the west of the Saltgrass Public House, was built in 1893 as a gift from John Laing to the people of Deptford. It commemorates his father, Philip Laing, and the founding of Laing's shipbuilding yard in 1793. The fountain features a granite column with a cast-iron basin and tap surround. The column is tapered and square, standing on a stepped square base that includes semicircular niches for dog drinking basins. The west face has a round-headed niche with a lion mask tap surround above a projecting fluted basin, with the dates 1793 and 1893 inscribed in circles at the top corners. The east face bears an inscription acknowledging the gift. Originally, the fountain was topped with a female figure, which has since been removed. It was relocated to its current position from the center of the road.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain to West of Saltgrass Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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