Drinking Trough the Broadway is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Drinking trough.
Drinking Trough the Broadway
- WRENN ID
- mired-pedestal-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1997
- Type
- Drinking trough
- Address
- Drinking Trough the Broadway, Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 858 644
- Coordinates
- 52.24647, 0.72038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Drinking Trough, located on Eastgate Street in Bury St Edmunds, is a disused granite trough built in 1875. It is positioned in the open area at the front of The Broadway. The main horse trough is a simple rectangular stone basin, supported at each end by plain stone blocks. Below this basin, there is a shallow trough set at ground level. The front of the trough features the inscription 'BE MERCIFUL TO MAN AND BEAST' carved in large letters. A metal plate on the side states 'Presented to this Borough by Lady Bunbury Novr 1875'. On the outer side to the left, there is a small basin, although the metal fittings and tap are missing.
Local climate
Drinking Trough the Broadway 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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