Drinking Fountain and Shelter, North Side of Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1993. Drinking fountain and shelter. 12 related planning applications.
Drinking Fountain and Shelter, North Side of Gardens
- WRENN ID
- twisted-flue-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1993
- Type
- Drinking fountain and shelter
- Address
- Drinking Fountain and Shelter, North Side of Gardens, Finsbury Circus Ec2, City and County of the City of London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 328 816
- Coordinates
- 51.51801, -0.08607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain and shelter, located on the north side of Finsbury Circus gardens, was built in 1902 and designed by John Whitehead and Son from Westminster. The fountain is made of pink granite and has a circular shape, featuring original brass spouts. It stands on a circular stone plinth, topped by a wooden, box-framed gazebo or shelter. The shelter has a conical roof covered with tiles, some of which are fish scale, and is topped with a metal finial. The roof has swept eaves with exposed rafter ends. The base of the fountain is inscribed with "Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, 1902." The design of the shelter is inspired by the well head created by Philip Webb for William Morris' "Red House" in Bexley Heath, which was widely illustrated after Morris' death in 1896, suggesting that this design choice was a deliberate reference.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain and Shelter, North Side of 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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- 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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