Drinking Fountain (Opposite Bardsey Place of Entrance to Jubilee Street) is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain (Opposite Bardsey Place of Entrance to Jubilee Street)

WRENN ID
standing-joist-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain (Opposite Bardsey Place of Entrance to Jubilee Street), Mile End Road E1
OS grid reference
TQ 351 819
Coordinates
51.52031, -0.05327
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This late 19th-century drinking fountain is made of polished granite and features a short column on a plinth with a bowl above. It is located opposite Bardsey Place at the entrance to Jubilee Street, and was erected by the Metropolitan Cattle Trough and Drinking Fountain Association.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain (Opposite Bardsey Place of Entrance to Jubilee Street) 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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