Drinking Fountain and Clock Tower at Queen Mary College (University of London) is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Clock tower, drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain and Clock Tower at Queen Mary College (University of London)

WRENN ID
small-vestry-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Clock tower, drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain and Clock Tower at Queen Mary College (University of London), Mile End Road E1
OS grid reference
TQ 360 822
Coordinates
51.52306, -0.04022
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Drinking Fountain and Clock Tower at Queen Mary College (University of London) was built in 1840. It features a white stone structure that includes marble basins for drinking fountains on the north and south sides. The eastern face has a bas relief carving, while the western face displays a tablet inscribed: "Presented to the trustees of the Peoples' Palace for the benefit of the people of East London by Herbert Stern Esq in memory of his father Baron de Stern." The clock tower is topped with a double cupola and has wide cornices above and below the clock, along with fluted corner pilasters.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain and Clock Tower at Queen Mary College (University of London) 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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