Drinking Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 2012. Drinking trough.
Drinking Trough
- WRENN ID
- idle-corner-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham East MP: Janet Daby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 2012
- Type
- Drinking trough
- OS grid reference
- TQ 401 735
- Coordinates
- 51.44334, 0.01548
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking trough is made of granite and has a narrow rectangular shape designed for horses or cattle. It is supported at both ends by square blocks. Between these blocks, resting on the ground, is a shallow trough intended for dogs. The southern end features an ogee gable with a projecting semi-circular drinking bowl for humans, along with a decorative bell-shaped spout.
On the east side of the trough, there is an inscription that reads: "METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNDATION AND CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION." The west side bears the inscription: "ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1888." Additionally, beneath the drinking bowl on the south side, there is the inscription: "A CUP OF COLD WATER IN HIS NAME."
Local climate
Drinking Trough sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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