Drinking Trough at Foot of Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. Trough.

Drinking Trough at Foot of Hill

WRENN ID
tangled-hinge-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1979
Type
Trough
Address
Drinking Trough at Foot of Hill, Farnah Green, Belper
OS grid reference
SK 336 475
Coordinates
53.02449, -1.49922
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking trough at the foot of the hill is of early 19th century or earlier origin. It is a plain stone trough set in a recess in a field wall, designed for animals preparing to ascend the steep hill.

Local climate

Drinking Trough at Foot of Hill receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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