Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1984. Fountain.
Fountain
- WRENN ID
- vacant-moat-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Loughborough MP: Dr Jeevun Sandher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1984
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Fountain, Main Street, Burton on the Wolds
- OS grid reference
- SK 589 211
- Coordinates
- 52.78461, -1.12745
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fountain, likely built in the mid-19th century, features flanking walls that create a shallow 'U' shape and stand approximately 8 feet high. The walls are made of tooled ashlar and end in slightly moulded pilasters, which are topped by a cornice. Next to these pilasters are two small, roughly shaped stones, possibly hitching posts. In the center of the main wall, there is a semi-circular arched recess that holds a cast iron lion head, from which water flows into a semi-circular moulded cast iron trough that projects outward. Below this is a sump.
Local climate
Fountain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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