Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. Drinking fountain. 3 related planning applications.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- salt-foundation-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain, Market Hill, Halstead, CO9 2AR
- OS grid reference
- TL 814 307
- Coordinates
- 51.94521, 0.63884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a drinking fountain built in 1877, located on Market Hill. It is made of stone and stands on a circular plinth surrounded by flower beds and steps. The fountain features two bowls set in shell recesses, each with projecting keystones. There is a string course and a patera. The top has a pediment with an acanthus cornice and foliate panels on the east and west sides. The fountain is inscribed with "1837-1887 V.R." and "presented to the town of Halstead by George Courtauld, 1887."
Local climate
Drinking Fountain sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- 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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