Cattle Trough and Drinking Fountain immediately south-east of entrance to Clarence Park is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1979. Cattle trough and drinking fountain.
Cattle Trough and Drinking Fountain immediately south-east of entrance to Clarence Park
- WRENN ID
- proud-keystone-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1979
- Type
- Cattle trough and drinking fountain
- Address
- Cattle Trough and Drinking Fountain immediately south-east of entrance to Clarence Park, Denby Dale Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 329 197
- Coordinates
- 53.67333, -1.5029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cattle trough and drinking fountain, located immediately south-east of the entrance to Clarence Park, is made of raised red granite. At the north end, there is a square column topped with a ball finial that supports a basin and a tap.
The trough features an inscription that reads: "This fountain is placed here by friends of Anne Clarkson of Westgate Bridge and by members of the RSPCA to commemorate her lifelong labours in the cause of humanity and in recognition of her untiring efforts to lessen the sufferings of dumb creatures, 1888."
On the opposite side, there is a verse from "The Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that encourages love and care for animals.
Local climate
Cattle Trough and Drinking Fountain immediately south-east of entrance to Clarence Park 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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