Horse Drinking Trough and Canopy is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. Drinking trough.
Horse Drinking Trough and Canopy
- WRENN ID
- woven-facade-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1983
- Type
- Drinking trough
- Address
- Horse Drinking Trough and Canopy, Clifton Green
- OS grid reference
- SE 593 530
- Coordinates
- 53.96992, -1.0972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The horse drinking trough and canopy, dated 1883, is located in York. The trough is made of grey granite and has a rectangular shape with rounded corners. It is supported by rectangular blocks of granite and features a shallower trough underneath. On the north-east side, there are two granite bollards. The south-east end of the trough rises in an ogee shape, which once held a spout, and a drinking fountain bowl projects from the outer side, below which is the inscribed date '1883'.
The canopy is made of oak and has a tiled roof that is half-hipped, featuring alternating bands of plain and scalloped tiles. The gablets are oak and are pierced with trefoils. The roof is supported by four posts, with curved braces leading to a rectangular framework of plates that support the struts and rafters. On the two long sides, there are cast-iron signs facing inwards that read: 'ANY PERSON INJURING THE TROUGH, COVER, SEAT, OR TREES ON CLIFTON GREEN WILL BE PROSECUTED AS THE LAW DIRECTS'. The short sides have plates inscribed: 'THE POLICE ARE INSTRUCTED TO APPREHEND ANY ONE PLAYING WITH OR DIRTYING THE WATER'.
Local climate
Horse Drinking Trough and Canopy receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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