Swan Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. Fountain.

Swan Fountain

WRENN ID
noble-attic-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1966
Type
Fountain
Address
Swan Fountain, High Street, Mistley
OS grid reference
TM 117 318
Coordinates
51.94496, 1.07926
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swan Fountain is an 18th-century fountain located in Fountain Square on the north side of Mistley High Street. It was created for Richard Rigby and features a large oval cement basin with a moulded base, sides, and rim. At the center, there is a life-size stone swan fountain. To the north, there is a brick wall that includes a smaller, semi-elliptical horse trough beneath a central arch, which is similarly moulded.

Local climate

Swan Fountain receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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