Jeffcock Memorial Water Trough and Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1995. Drinking fountain, water trough. 1 related planning application.
Jeffcock Memorial Water Trough and Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- eastward-loft-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield South East MP: Mr Clive Betts (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1995
- Type
- Drinking fountain, water trough
- Address
- Jeffcock Memorial Water Trough and Drinking Fountain, Handsworth Road, S13 9BX
- OS grid reference
- SK 408 862
- Coordinates
- 53.37125, -1.38746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jeffcock Memorial water trough and drinking fountain, dated 1900, is located on Handsworth Road in Sheffield. It features a moulded grey granite trough set on a moulded pedestal, accompanied by round-topped guard stones. At the back, there are two small troughs with shouldered openings designed for dogs. The fountain itself is made of round pink granite with a grey granite plinth, adorned with a patterned band and topped with a domed finial. It includes a semicircular drinking bowl with an arched opening. An inscription on the fountain references members of the Jeffcock family, with dates of 1859, 1883, and 1900.
Local climate
Jeffcock Memorial Water Trough and Drinking Fountain receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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