Cattle Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Drinking fountain, horse trough.

Cattle Trough

WRENN ID
veiled-garret-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain, horse trough
Address
Cattle Trough, Ray Street Bridge
OS grid reference
TQ 313 821
Coordinates
51.52313, -0.10773
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a drinking fountain and horse trough, dated 1886. It is made of granite and has a rectangular shape with a chamfered base supported by two granite supports. One end features an ogee-shaped granite gable with a semi-circular bowl attached. Below, there is a rectangular dog trough set between granite kerbs at ground level. The inscription reads 'Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association'.

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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