Fountain in Pond Approximately 65 Metres South East of Derby Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Fountain.
Fountain in Pond Approximately 65 Metres South East of Derby Monument
- WRENN ID
- last-cornice-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- SD 536 286
- Coordinates
- 53.75198, -2.70397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an ornamental fountain located in a circular pond, approximately 65 meters southeast of the Derby monument in Miller Park, Preston. It was likely built around 1865. The pond has a diameter of about 20 meters and features a moulded sandstone ashlar rim. At the center of the pond is the fountain, designed in an imitation stone and Longridge stone, with a Greek cross plan. It has a two-step base that is channelled to mimic water-wear. On this base stands a large pedestal adorned with four female figures representing Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, seated in inverted brackets. The spaces between the figures are filled with designs of a shell, rush, and trident, and the entire structure is topped with a large shell-like basin.
Local climate
Fountain in Pond Approximately 65 Metres South East of Derby Monument 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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