Horse Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Drinking trough.
Horse Trough
- WRENN ID
- hidden-spandrel-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Drinking trough
- Address
- Horse Trough, Great North Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 252 991
- Coordinates
- 51.67706, -0.18969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This horse trough, dedicated in 1892 to the memory of the Countess of Strafford, is located on the northwest side of the Great North Road in Potters Bar, Barnet. It is made of granite and features rounded corners. The front of the trough is incised with the name of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. At the northern end, there is an ogee head on the vertical tap slab, and the trough includes a semi-circular bowl designed for a drinking fountain.
Local climate
Horse Trough sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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