Woodhouse Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1993. Drinking fountain.
Woodhouse Fountain
- WRENN ID
- winter-gateway-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1993
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Woodhouse Fountain, Dinham, Ludlow
- OS grid reference
- SO 509 745
- Coordinates
- 52.36711, -2.72169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodhouse Fountain is a drinking fountain located in Ludlow. It was made by Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd in Kilmarnock and is known as the "Hygienic Fountain." The fountain stands approximately 8 feet high and is four-sided, featuring basins and spigots that are adorned with plates displaying lions' heads. At the top, there is a finial decorated with a trident and two entwined dolphins. The fountain was presented by George Woodhouse, who was the Mayor of Ludlow in 1908.
Local climate
Woodhouse Fountain receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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