Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Haringey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1995. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.

Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
lost-chalk-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Haringey
Constituency
Hornsey and Friern Barnet MP: Catherine West (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1995
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain, High Street
OS grid reference
TQ 305 893
Coordinates
51.58783, -0.11636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, dating from 1863, is located on High Street in Hornsey. It features a chamfered pink granite obelisk that is mounted on a grey granite plinth, which has moulded caps and sloping chamfered edges. Attached to the plinth is a semi-circular pink granite bowl, although the cups and chain are missing. Below the bowl is an iron dog trough. The fountain bears the inscription: "The fear of the Lord is the fountain of life." Additionally, the obelisk is inscribed with: "Presented to the parish of Hornsey by Maria Hawes Ware 1863."

Local climate

Drinking Fountain 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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