Memorial Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1987. Drinking fountain.

Memorial Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
fading-ledge-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 April 1987
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Memorial Drinking Fountain, Loughborough Road
OS grid reference
SK 578 354
Coordinates
52.91298, -1.14101
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This memorial drinking fountain, built in 1926 in memory of Hilda M. Birkin, is located on the southeast side of Loughborough Road in West Bridgford. It is constructed from Portland ashlar and features a rectangular plinth made up of two steps that includes a dog bowl. Flanking the fountain are a pair of curved walls with coping that incorporate seats. The base is stepped and supports a rectangular cenotaph topped with a reeded, stepped gable. Above the drinking bowl, which is corbelled in a Classical style, there is an inscribed panel.

Local climate

Memorial 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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