Drinking Fountain (In the Boundary Wall of Christ Church Churchyard) is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. A Late C19 Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain (In the Boundary Wall of Christ Church Churchyard)

WRENN ID
scattered-gateway-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain (In the Boundary Wall of Christ Church Churchyard), Commercial Street E1
OS grid reference
TQ 337 817
Coordinates
51.51871, -0.07428
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, located in the boundary wall of Christ Church Churchyard on Commercial Street, dates from the late 19th century. It is made of granite and features an arched bowl set within a four-sided tapering granite needle. This drinking fountain, along with a trough and five bollards, forms a group with Christ Church and the Ten Bells Public House.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain (In the Boundary Wall of Christ Church Churchyard) 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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