Drinking Fountain in People's Park is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1973. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain in People's Park

WRENN ID
drifting-step-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1973
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain in People's Park, Park Road
OS grid reference
SE 085 248
Coordinates
53.72028, -1.87137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain in People's Park is a Grade II listed structure, likely dating from the later 19th century. It is a square stone structure featuring a niche with an urn on each face. The fountain has an arched cornice and is topped with a finial in the shape of an urn. An inscription on the fountain notes that it was a gift from J Thorp. The base of the fountain is stepped. This fountain is part of a group of listed buildings along Park Road.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain in People's Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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