Drinking Fountain in Front of Number 3 Fountain Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Fountain.
Drinking Fountain in Front of Number 3 Fountain Terrace
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-dormer-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain in Front of Number 3 Fountain Terrace, Brook Street, Great Bardfield, CM7 4RH
- OS grid reference
- TL 677 305
- Coordinates
- 51.94791, 0.43911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain, located in front of number 3 Fountain Terrace, was built in 1860. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a moulded stone cap topped with a ball finial, along with a cast iron lion's head spout. The fountain is designed as a square pier with recessed sides. On the north face, there is a cast iron plaque that is square with reversed curves at the corners, displaying the raised lettering 'Erected by Henry Smith 1860'. The overall height of the fountain is approximately 2.20 metres.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain in Front of Number 3 Fountain Terrace sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
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