The Pagoda Fountain and bridge pier is a Grade II* listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. Fountain.
The Pagoda Fountain and bridge pier
- WRENN ID
- eternal-pilaster-crag
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- The Pagoda Fountain and bridge pier, Alton Park, Farley
- OS grid reference
- SK 076 432
- Coordinates
- 52.98636, -1.8872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pagoda Fountain and bridge pier, formerly known as the Duck Pagoda, is a fountain and bridge pier located in Alton Park, dating from around 1832 and designed by Robert Abraham. It is made of painted cast iron set on a stone base and has an octagonal plan. The structure features an octagonal base with five steps leading up to a three-stage pagoda. Each stage has openwork sides with a fishscale pattern and ogee-headed openings, while the upper two stages are adorned with low balustrades. The roof is bracketed and has canopies with bells hanging from scrolls at each corner, topped by a finial. A stone pier, located approximately 10 yards to the north, once supported a bridge that connected to the north bank of the Fishpond, where the fountain is situated. The Pagoda Fountain is a replica of the To-ho pagoda in Canton, as depicted by Chambers, and is presented in a 19th-century European style. This feature is part of the significant garden layout at Alton Towers, which is recognized as Grade I on the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Garden Register.
Local climate
The Pagoda Fountain and bridge pier receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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