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
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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