Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1970. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- blind-rampart-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1970
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain, High Street, Newmarket
- OS grid reference
- TL 637 629
- Coordinates
- 52.24043, 0.3965
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain and horse trough, built in 1910, commemorates Sir Daniel Cooper, Bart. Designed in the Baroque style, it has an elliptical plan and stands about 5 metres high. The structure is made of Portland stone, while the trough is crafted from grey granite. It is raised on steps and features an elliptical entablature supported by two piers, each adorned with pilasters and carved drapery at the base. The entire fountain is topped with an urn that also displays drapery, making it an exceptionally fine example of a monumental drinking fountain.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 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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