Drinking fountain in wall of Knotty Ash Community Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.

Drinking fountain in wall of Knotty Ash Community Centre

WRENN ID
woven-banister-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool West Derby MP: Ian Byrne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking fountain in wall of Knotty Ash Community Centre, East Prescot Road
OS grid reference
SJ 407 916
Coordinates
53.41803, -2.89333
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, dated 1887, is located in the wall of the Knotty Ash Community Centre on East Prescot Road. It is made of stone and features a segmental-headed recess with a rusticated surround. The fountain has a projecting basin, and there is an inscription in the niche that reads: "WATER'S BEST/ E.T 1887." Additionally, there is a segmental recess below for a dog bowl.

Local climate

Drinking fountain in wall of Knotty Ash Community Centre 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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