Drinking Fountain approximately 500 metres to south-east of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain approximately 500 metres to south-east of Church of Holy Trinity

WRENN ID
burning-sill-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Clapham and Brixton Hill MP: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 March 1981
Type
Drinking fountain
OS grid reference
TQ 292 752
Coordinates
51.46175, -0.14059
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, located approximately 500 metres southeast of the Church of Holy Trinity in Clapham, was built in 1884 as a gift from the United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Institution. It features a stout polished granite column that expands into a square plinth. Each face of the plinth has a basin with a lion head spout, although the basin covers and jets are modern. The fountain has an octagonal base with a curved step beneath each basin. Atop the fountain is a heroic-sized bronze group sculpted by A V Kreling, depicting a standing woman holding a jug and embracing a seated man who is drinking from a bowl and holding a crutch. The bronze was cast by Ferd Miller of Munich.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain approximately 500 metres to south-east of Church of Holy Trinity 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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