Cattle Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1975. Cattle trough.

Cattle Trough

WRENN ID
high-groin-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hackney
Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1975
Type
Cattle trough
Address
Cattle Trough, Yorkton Street Ec2
OS grid reference
TQ 340 831
Coordinates
51.53119, -0.06863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a long granite cattle trough located on Yorkton Street, built around 1900 by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. It features an inscription that reads: "Be kind and merciful to your animals."

Local climate

Cattle Trough 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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