Pillar Fountain Adjacent to South East Corner of Willowbrook Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1993. Fountain.

Pillar Fountain Adjacent to South East Corner of Willowbrook Cottage

WRENN ID
far-newel-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1993
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
SK 345 225
Coordinates
52.79953, -1.48859
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pillar fountain, located adjacent to the south-east corner of Willowbrook Cottage in Ticknall, was manufactured by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd of Kilmarnock and erected in 1914 at the instruction of Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe of Calke Abbey. This fountain features a fluted cast iron cylindrical column topped with a moulded dome. It includes a tap lever handle, a lion mask surrounding the tap outlet, and an integral bucket platform at the base. The design, known as Kennedy's patent, is a late 19th-century creation that is self-closing and anti-freezing. This fountain is part of a fresh water supply system for the village of Ticknall, which is part of the Harpur-Crewe estate, and is one of 16 surviving examples. The fountains were supplied with water by gravity from a reservoir filled by a well, which was pumped by wind power.

Local climate

Pillar Fountain Adjacent to South East Corner of Willowbrook Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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