Fountain to West of Royal Wolverhampton School is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Fountain.

Fountain to West of Royal Wolverhampton School

WRENN ID
wild-flagstone-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton West MP: Warinder Juss (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1992
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain to West of Royal Wolverhampton School, Penn Road, City of Wolverhampton, WV3 0EG
OS grid reference
SO 906 971
Coordinates
52.57246, -2.13877
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This fountain, located to the west of the Royal Wolverhampton School, was built in 1864 and is made of ashlar stone. It has an octagonal shape and features a basin with a plinth that rests on three steps. The corners of the fountain are adorned with scrolls, and there are relief panels that depict acts of charity, such as Feeding the Hungry and Clothing the Naked. On the western side, there is a polished granite panel that includes an inscription honoring the charity of Mary Rogers, who was the wife of one of the directors of the orphanage. The fountain also has a cornice with lettering that names the reliefs, eight ball finials, and a bowl supported by a baluster stem, which is decorated with lion masks around the rim. The top bowl is plain.

Local climate

Fountain to West of Royal Wolverhampton School receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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