Drinking Fountain, Market Place, Dudley is a Grade II* listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. Drinking fountain. 3 related planning applications.
Drinking Fountain, Market Place, Dudley
- WRENN ID
- idle-pavement-aspen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Dudley MP: Sonia Kumar (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- OS grid reference
- SO 944 902
- Coordinates
- 52.51038, -2.08249
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain located in the Market Place of Dudley was built in 1867 and designed by James Forsyth, who also created the Perseus Fountain at Witley Court in Worcestershire. It was presented by the Earl of Dudley and is made from local stone. The fountain showcases a flamboyant Italian Renaissance style, featuring extensive sculpture and bas-reliefs. Its design includes a triumphal arch motif, which is topped with a central figure and flanked by reclining horses.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain, Market Place, Dudley receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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