Christchurch School Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Drinking fountain. 2 related planning applications.

Christchurch School Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
winter-obsidian-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Christchurch School Drinking Fountain, Brick Lane E1, E1 6SA
OS grid reference
TQ 338 817
Coordinates
51.51888, -0.07169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Christchurch School Drinking Fountain is a drinking fountain from the later 19th century, located in the boundary wall of the school. It is made of stone and features a stone basin situated beneath an enriched arch that is adorned with a dolphin.

Local climate

Christchurch School Drinking Fountain 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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