Memorial Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1976. A C20 Fountain.
Memorial Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- first-bailey-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds MP: Charlie Dewhirst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1976
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Memorial Drinking Fountain, Kirkgate, Bridlington
- OS grid reference
- TA 175 678
- Coordinates
- 54.09331, -0.20437
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Memorial Drinking Fountain is an early 20th-century structure located on the west side of Baylegate. It features a bust of Alderman John Sawdon, who served as Mayor of Bridlington from 1861 to 1910. The bust is mounted on a stone plinth that has a battered design, a dentil cornice, and a pediment, supported by scrolled brackets. Above the basin of the drinking fountain is a lion's mask spout. The fountain has a base with two steps and is enclosed by a guard made of wrought iron standards topped with fleur de lys finials. There are various inscriptions detailing Alderman Sawdon's achievements. The fountain was unveiled on 28 March 1912. It is part of a group of buildings of local interest, which includes Nos 11 to 16 Baylegate and Nos 4 to 8 Kirgate.
Local climate
Memorial Drinking Fountain receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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