Drinking Fountain (Approximately 2 Metres North East of Children's Pond) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1991. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain (Approximately 2 Metres North East of Children's Pond)
- WRENN ID
- riven-flagstone-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1991
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- OS grid reference
- TQ 276 827
- Coordinates
- 51.52911, -0.16191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This drinking fountain, located approximately 2 meters north-east of the Children's Boating Pond in Regent's Park, was installed in 1878 by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. It is made of polished pink granite and features a hexagonal base with a niche that holds a semi-circular dog bowl. The circular pedestal has a circular top with four D-shaped inset basins and a central fluted urn with spouts. The fountain is set on a hexagonal stone ground, which includes four rectangular grey granite standing blocks designed for children. Founded in 1859, the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association aimed to provide free fresh water to people and animals at a time when clean water was scarce and often contaminated. The association, which added cattle troughs in 1867, was supported by evangelical Victorians who valued the connection between water and purity of spirit. They offered a range of functional designs, although some affluent patrons commissioned their own unique versions.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain (Approximately 2 Metres North East of Children's Pond) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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