Fountain in Armley Park is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Fountain.

Fountain in Armley Park

WRENN ID
long-hinge-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds West and Pudsey MP: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain in Armley Park, Stanningley Road
OS grid reference
SE 269 338
Coordinates
53.80009, -1.59224
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The fountain in Armley Park, dated 1897, is constructed from ashlar and carved stone. It features an octagonal pool with an ashlar retaining wall that has a moulded base and coping. On the southwest side, there is a plaque inscribed with: "ERECTED BY WILLIAM HENRY GOTT/ OF ARMLEY HOUSE/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SIXTIETH/ YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY/ 1837. QUEEN VICTORIA. 1897." In the center of the pool, the octagonal fountain is adorned with fluted pilasters, a reeded stem, and a gadrooned bowl that has lions' heads around the rim.

Local climate

Fountain in Armley Park receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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