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

Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
tangled-jamb-stoat
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, Savile Park
OS grid reference
SE 086 239
Coordinates
53.71231, -1.87081
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, dated 1869, is located in Savile Park and was designed by L Gill. It features a stone pier with niches on each of its four faces and polished pink granite shafts at the corners. The fountain has a domed top adorned with finials. It was presented by Joseph Thorp and is included as a notable feature in the park.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain 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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