Obelisk Memorial Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Haringey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 2002. Memorial drinking fountain.
Obelisk Memorial Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- western-corridor-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Haringey
- Constituency
- Southgate and Wood Green MP: Bambos Charalambous (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 2002
- Type
- Memorial drinking fountain
- Address
- Obelisk Memorial Drinking Fountain, Bounds Green Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 305 907
- Coordinates
- 51.60091, -0.11623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Obelisk Memorial drinking fountain, dating from around 1880, is a memorial drinking fountain made of grey granite. It features a tall, tapering obelisk topped with a pyramidal terminal, which stands on a square pedestal. The pedestal has inscribed sides with semi-circular basins, a cornice, and cavetto moulding above a torus and base. The fountain has a two-stage octagonal base with shallow steps below each basin.
The main inscription on the east face commemorates Mrs. Catherine Smithies of Earlham Grove, Wood Green, as the founder of the Band of Mercy Movement, and notes that it was presented by her family and friends for public use. The north face contains a biblical quote from John IV, 13-14, while the west face features another quote from II Peter I, 6, and the south face includes a passage from John III, 16. This fountain is a notable example of a practical type of religious memorial.
Local climate
Obelisk Memorial 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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