Pillar Fountain South of Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1993. Fountain.
Pillar Fountain South of Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- waning-basalt-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1993
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Pillar Fountain South of Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street, Ticknall
- OS grid reference
- SK 354 240
- Coordinates
- 52.81285, -1.47619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pillar fountain, located south of the Methodist Chapel in Ticknall, was manufactured by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd of Kilmarnock and erected in 1914 under the direction of Sir Vauncey Harpur-Crewe of Calke Abbey. It features a fluted cast iron cylindrical column topped with a moulded dome. The fountain includes a tap lever handle, a lion mask surrounding the tap outlet, and an integral bucket platform at the base. This design, known as Kennedy's patent, is a self-closing, anti-freezing pillar fountain that dates back to the late 19th century. It is part of a fresh water supply system for the village of Ticknall, which is associated with the Harpur-Crewe estate, and there are 16 other similar examples still in existence. The fountains were supplied with water by gravity from a reservoir filled by a wind-pump drawing from a well.
Local climate
Pillar Fountain South of Methodist Chapel 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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