Horse Trough and Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Fountain.
Horse Trough and Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- final-attic-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Horse Trough and Drinking Fountain, High Street, Cleobury Mortimer
- OS grid reference
- SO 672 757
- Coordinates
- 52.37859, -2.48206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This horse trough and drinking fountain, dated 1900, is located on the north side of High Street in Cleobury Mortimer. It is made of marble and ashlar. The structure features a cylindrical column with incised bands that is topped with an ashlar cupola. A marble drinking bowl is set on the pavement side, and there is an inscription on the road side. The large horse trough, which has moulded sides, is positioned against the column on the road side. The inscription reads: "IN MEMORIAM / CAPT W H TROW / DIED IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900."
Local climate
Horse Trough and Drinking Fountain receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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