Fountain in Centre of Courtyard to East of Sawston Village College is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. A C20 Fountain.

Fountain in Centre of Courtyard to East of Sawston Village College

WRENN ID
turning-landing-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1986
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain in Centre of Courtyard to East of Sawston Village College, New Road, CB22 3BP
OS grid reference
TL 482 497
Coordinates
52.12655, 0.16418
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a fountain located in the centre of the courtyard to the east of Sawston Village College, built in 1930. It is made of moulded concrete or stone and features a square head with a central bowl. Water jets emerge from the centre and each corner of the fountain, which stands in a shallow trough. The fountain is part of the original design for the courtyard by H. Morris.

Local climate

Fountain in Centre of Courtyard to East of Sawston Village College sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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