Crystal Fountain Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Cannock Chase local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1998. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
Crystal Fountain Public House
- WRENN ID
- haunted-truss-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cannock Chase
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase MP: Josh Newbury (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1998
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Crystal Fountain Public House, St John's Road, WS11 0AL
- OS grid reference
- SJ 978 096
- Coordinates
- 52.68456, -2.03287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crystal Fountain Public House is a public house built in 1937 for Mitchells and Butlers by Linford's of Cannock. It is constructed of brown brick and features a pantile hipped roof behind a parapet with moulded stone coping, along with brick axial stacks that have moulded stone cornices. The building has an L-shaped plan with three separate bars, each served by a central servery, and is designed in a Neo-Georgian style.
The exterior is two storeys high with a symmetrical four-bay front. The ground floor features three tall multipane windows in moulded architraves, with the outer two having scrolled keystones. There are doorways to the left and right with architraves and panelled doors, along with oculi above each doorway. The first floor has three 3-light casements with glazing bars at the centre. At the rear, there is a loggia with round arches.
The interior is very complete and retains its original furnishings and unaltered plan. The front area has two bars, which are now linked by an arch added around 1970. The public bar on the right was originally a gentlemen-only bar. The bar front and much of the back fittings are contemporary, with similarly detailed panelling in the lobby and reeded doorcases. Original seating includes curved upholstered benches.
Local climate
Crystal Fountain Public House 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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