Drinking Fountain Outside Number 98a is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain Outside Number 98a

WRENN ID
former-hammer-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1969
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain Outside Number 98a, Kensington High Street, W8 4SG
OS grid reference
TQ 255 795
Coordinates
51.50137, -0.19263
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, located outside number 98A on Kensington High Street, dates from 1900 and is made of Portland stone. It is designed in a classical style, featuring angle consoles and niches on both the front and back, adorned with shells and cherub's heads. The fountain has an arched top.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain Outside Number 98a sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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