Drinking Fountain at North End of Central Avenue Nz 3986 5666 is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1978. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain at North End of Central Avenue Nz 3986 5666
- WRENN ID
- swift-latch-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1978
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain at North End of Central Avenue Nz 3986 5666, Mowbray Extension Park
- OS grid reference
- NZ 398 566
- Coordinates
- 54.90312, -1.37994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain, located at the north end of Central Avenue in the north extension of Mowbray Park, was constructed in 1878. It features a founder's plate from Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd., Kilmarnock, and was created for the Order of Oddfellows in memory of William Hall, as a gift to the Corporation of Sunderland. Made of cast iron, the fountain is topped with a small domed canopy adorned with intricate foliage and supported by four columns with cusped arches. Each arch displays an escutcheon and motto. On the north and south sides, the inscriptions read "KEEP THE PAVEMENT DRY" and "NIL DESPERANDUM AUSPICE DEO 1878," which is the borough's motto, accompanied by symbols representing both the borough and the Oddfellows. The east and west sides feature the motto "AMICITIA AMOR ET VERITAS 1878," with the east side also stating, "IN MEMORY OF WM HALL PPGM OF THE SUNDERLAND DISTRICT INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS," and the west side noting, "PRESENTED TO THE CORPORATION OF SUNDERLAND BY THE ODDFELLOWS NU."
Local climate
Drinking Fountain at North End of Central Avenue Nz 3986 5666 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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