Drinking Fountain Approximately 36 Metres North West of Church in St Pancras Old Church Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1998. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain Approximately 36 Metres North West of Church in St Pancras Old Church Gardens

WRENN ID
open-loft-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras MP: Sagal Abdi-Wali (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 July 1998
Type
Drinking fountain
OS grid reference
TQ 297 834
Coordinates
51.53531, -0.13056
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, located approximately 36 meters northwest of St Pancras Old Church in the church gardens, was dated 1877 on its plaque. It was manufactured by Andrew Handyside and Co of Derby for William Thornton, a senior Church Warden who donated it to the church. The fountain is made of painted cast iron and features a drum with a moulded base and cornice, resting on a circular stone base with block steps. It supports a rotunda consisting of five fluted columns with acanthus capitals, topped by an entablature that has masks on the frieze and a projecting cornice leading to a shallow dome. The dome is adorned with an acanthus leaf vase and a putto holding an urn on its shoulder. The design of the fountain is inspired by the Choragic monument of Lysicrates in Athens.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain Approximately 36 Metres North West of Church in St Pancras Old Church Gardens 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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