Fountain 50 Metres North East of Newstead Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Gedling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1987. Fountain.

Fountain 50 Metres North East of Newstead Abbey

WRENN ID
iron-finial-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gedling
Constituency
Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 April 1987
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
SK 542 538
Coordinates
53.07869, -1.19218
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This fountain, located 50 meters northeast of Newstead Abbey, was built in the late 19th century and is made of ashlar stone. It features a moulded octagonal bowl with a water-holding base and has a frieze decorated with blank shields. At the center, there is a spout crafted from a fragment of medieval carved stone.

Local climate

Fountain 50 Metres North East of Newstead Abbey 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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