Drinking Fountain at South-East Corner of Park is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain at South-East Corner of Park

WRENN ID
upper-step-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain at South-East Corner of Park, Avenham Park
OS grid reference
SD 540 287
Coordinates
53.75268, -2.69803
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, located at the south-east corner of Avenham Park, was likely built around 1865 and has been altered since its construction. It is made of sandstone and features a coved recess set into the embankment. The fountain has a round-headed arch with a rusticated rock-faced surround, including imposts and a keystone. Inside, the stone is smoothly dressed in two pieces separated by a band at the impost level, with remnants of a water pipe protruding through the center, although the fittings have been removed. Originally, the fountain was built on the site of a natural spring, which eventually dried up, leading to the installation of piped water in the 1880s.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain at South-East Corner of Park sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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