Fountain About 50 Yards South of Whitfield is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Fountain.
Fountain About 50 Yards South of Whitfield
- WRENN ID
- riven-cobalt-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- SO 421 333
- Coordinates
- 51.99595, -2.84402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This fountain, located about 50 yards south of Whitfield, is likely from around 1768. It features a central octagonal column made of white marble or limestone, adorned with putti in bas relief above strapwork cartouches that support four bronze spouts. At the top, a single putto entwined by a serpent completes the design. The basin surrounding the pool is octagonal and decorated with multi-coloured scagliola panels, which are separated by corner pilasters, and it has a moulded base and coping. The fountain was relocated to this site in the late 20th century.
Local climate
Fountain About 50 Yards South of Whitfield receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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