Neptune Fountain in Stable Courtyard at Winstanley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. Fountain.
Neptune Fountain in Stable Courtyard at Winstanley Hall
- WRENN ID
- final-step-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield MP: Andy Burnham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Neptune Fountain in Stable Courtyard at Winstanley Hall, Pemberton Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 544 031
- Coordinates
- 53.52276, -2.68794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Neptune Fountain, located in the stable courtyard at Winstanley Hall, dates from around 1830 and was created by W. Spence. This stone fountain features an octagonal basin adorned with a frieze of trailing waterlilies. At its center, there is a statue of Neptune seated on a throne atop an open clam shell, which is being drawn by three rearing horses. Some damage is noted on the figures.
Local climate
Neptune Fountain in Stable Courtyard at Winstanley Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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