Metcalf Memorial Drinking Fountain in Priory Park is a Grade II listed building in the Haringey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 2002. Drinking fountain.

Metcalf Memorial Drinking Fountain in Priory Park

WRENN ID
fallow-courtyard-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Haringey
Constituency
Hornsey and Friern Barnet MP: Catherine West (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 2002
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Metcalf Memorial Drinking Fountain in Priory Park, Middle Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 301 890
Coordinates
51.58485, -0.12357
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Metcalf Memorial Drinking Fountain, located in Priory Park, was built around 1879. It is made of grey granite and features an octagonal base. The fountain has a round pedestal with a moulding on the underside that supports a broad basin at its mid-height. The middle section is square and decorated with trefoil designs on each face. At the top, there is a squat pyramid with chamfered edges and a shallow pyramidal cap. The base is inscribed with the words "THE GIFT OF C.T.P. METCALF 1879."

Local climate

Metcalf Memorial Drinking Fountain in Priory Park sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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