Silver Wedding Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Drinking fountain. 2 related planning applications.
Silver Wedding Fountain
- WRENN ID
- roaming-storey-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough MP: Justin Madders (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Silver Wedding Fountain, Greendale Road, CH62 4YU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 336 840
- Coordinates
- 53.34896, -2.99744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Silver Wedding Fountain is a drinking fountain located in Port Sunlight, built in 1899. It is made of pink granite and features a central fountain with a swept segmental hood, flanked by seats that curve forward at the ends. The fountain includes quoins and a string course, with a semi-circular bowl supported by squat Ionic columns and brackets. Above the bowl, there is a recess that holds a bronze lion mask and a plaque commemorating its erection. Below the bowl, an elliptical-headed recess contains a small dog bowl. The flanking seats are designed with rusticated end piers and a top entablature, and they have panelled backs and ends adorned with acanthus details and paw feet. This fountain commemorates the Silver Wedding anniversary of Lord Leverhulme and his wife, as well as the life and influence of his parents, James and Eliza Lever.
Local climate
Silver Wedding Fountain sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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