Lion's Head Drinking Fountain in North Garden Wall of Number 4 is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1987. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.

Lion's Head Drinking Fountain in North Garden Wall of Number 4

WRENN ID
guardian-arch-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnsley
Constituency
Penistone and Stocksbridge MP: Dr Marie Tidball (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1987
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Lion's Head Drinking Fountain in North Garden Wall of Number 4, Darton Road, Cawthorne, S75 4HR
OS grid reference
SE 285 081
Coordinates
53.56896, -1.57043
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lion's Head drinking fountain, dated 1890, is located in the north garden wall of number 4 on Darton Road in Cawthorne. This drinking fountain features a cast-iron plate set into a stone wall, with an embossed lion's head above a plunger. A cup is attached to the plate by a chain. The plate is placed in a recess that has a quoined rock-faced surround and an ogee head. This fountain is noted as the best surviving example of the four of this type found in Cawthorne Village.

Local climate

Lion's Head Drinking Fountain in North Garden Wall of Number 4 receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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