Drinking Fountain Set in Wall of Former St Mary's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain Set in Wall of Former St Mary's Churchyard

WRENN ID
pitched-copper-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain Set in Wall of Former St Mary's Churchyard, Whitechapel Road E1
OS grid reference
TQ 340 814
Coordinates
51.51613, -0.0693
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, originally part of St Mary's Churchyard, was built in 1860 and re-erected in its current location in 1879. It features a pink marble basin, a plaque, and a step, all set within a Norman style arch that includes columns, mouldings, and inscriptions above. The fountain is enclosed by a white stone wall topped with a coped gable.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain Set in Wall of Former St Mary's 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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