Horse Trough at Junction with Elstree Road and Sparrows Herne is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. A C19 Drinking trough.
Horse Trough at Junction with Elstree Road and Sparrows Herne
- WRENN ID
- south-moulding-quill
- 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 at Junction with Elstree Road and Sparrows Herne, High Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 144 944
- Coordinates
- 51.6372, -0.34708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a drinking trough located at the junction of Elstree Road and Sparrows Herne in Bushey Heath, dating from around 1870. It features the inscription "Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association" on the front. The trough is made of granite and has rounded angles with chamfered undersides, resting on two bases. At the eastern end, there is an ogee head to the vertical tap slab, which includes a semi-circular bowl for a drinking fountain.
Local climate
Horse Trough at Junction with Elstree Road and Sparrows Herne 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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