Drinking Fountain in Churchyard of St Pancras Church is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1987. Drinking fountain. 12 related planning applications.
Drinking Fountain in Churchyard of St Pancras Church
- WRENN ID
- vast-pewter-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1987
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain in Churchyard of St Pancras Church, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 298 825
- Coordinates
- 51.52694, -0.12996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain in the churchyard of St Pancras Church is a cast iron structure made by Walter Macfarlane & Co. at the Saracen Foundry in Glasgow. It was originally installed in St James’s Gardens between 1896 and 1914 and moved to its current location in 2021.
The fountain consists of two detachable pieces: a bowl and a pedestal, which are secured together by a pair of modern M12 bolts. The pedestal is designed as a Gothic compound pier, featuring a cluster of four circular shafts with spiral flutes and a bulbous torus, all resting on a moulded, octagonal plinth. At the top, the pedestal has a moulded, circular capital that supports a wide, circular bowl adorned with ornate floral mouldings along its rim.
Above the bowl is an ogive lantern superstructure made up of four moulded ribs with scrolled finials. Three of these ribs are original, while the fourth was replaced during the fountain's restoration in 2019. Between the ribs, scrolled mouldings create tympanums with intricate floral motifs and roundels featuring rose reliefs. Only one tympanum is original; the other three were also replaced in 2019. At the top of the lantern, there is a tiered finial embellished with additional floral decoration. An embossed maker’s mark on the lower part of the base reads: WALTER MACFARLANE & Co SARACEN FOUNDRY GLASGOW.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain in Churchyard of St Pancras Church 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 12 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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