Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1974. A Victorian Fountain. 2 related planning applications.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- eternal-hall-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1974
- Type
- Fountain
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Drinking Fountain, Market Place (Centre), Sleaford, NG34 7SD
- OS grid reference
- TF 067 458
- Coordinates
- 52.99938, -0.41011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This drinking fountain, built in 1874, features a Gothic style canopy. The cornice of the roof bears an inscription that reads: "In memory of Frederick William/6th Earl and 2nd Marquis of Bristol/by a few of his Lincolnshire tenantry/erected in the year of our Lord 1874." The fountain has a stone slate pyramid roof topped with a finial that displays a coat of arms and coronet, supported by four polished granite columns with stone bases and oak-leaf capitals. The frieze includes an inscription and vine scroll. There is a step leading up to the fountain, which has a plain stone gabled spout beneath. At the time of the survey, the fountain was disused. It forms a group with the Town Hall (Sessions House).
Local climate
Drinking Fountain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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