Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1984. Fountain. 1 related planning application.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- cold-granite-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1984
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- SE 215 234
- Coordinates
- 53.70706, -1.67458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain, dated 1863, features a clock tower and is located in the market place of Heckmondwike. It has a square ashlar base with diagonal buttressing, incorporating alternating red and grey granite panels, and two red granite drinking bowls. The buttresses are topped with scrolls that have carved foliage supporting figure heads. There are shallow pediments above the panels. On two opposing faces, there are figure heads with wreaths, while the other two faces display a carved red granite plaque that reads: "THIS FOUNTAIN WAS ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION OF THE INHABITANTS OF HECKMONDWIKE AS A TOKEN OF THEIR LOYALTY AND TO COMMEMORATE THE MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES WITH H.R.H. THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK. MARCH 10th 1863." Atop the fountain is a square iron clock tower with a lamp. The fountain is surrounded by iron railings with ornamental heads and is situated in an important town centre location.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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