Fountain Approximately 10 Yards South of the Chapel of Alton Towers is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. A Modern Fountain.

Fountain Approximately 10 Yards South of the Chapel of Alton Towers

WRENN ID
tenth-chalk-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1986
Type
Fountain
Period
Modern
OS grid reference
SK 072 431
Coordinates
52.98593, -1.89336
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a fountain located approximately 10 yards south of the Chapel of Alton Towers, dating from the early 19th century. It is made of ashlar and has a circular plan. The outer part features a sunken basin that contains an octagonal pedestal, which supports a circular inner basin resting on carved animal feet with an everted rim. At the center, there is a fountain with a moulded base and pedestal, topped by an oversailing basin. This fountain 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

Fountain Approximately 10 Yards South of the Chapel of Alton Towers 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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