John Law Baker Memorial Drinking Fountain (St Martin in the Fields Churchyard) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1991. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.
John Law Baker Memorial Drinking Fountain (St Martin in the Fields Churchyard)
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-casement-lark
- 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
- Address
- John Law Baker Memorial Drinking Fountain (St Martin in the Fields Churchyard), Duncannon Street, City of Westminster, WC2N 4JF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 805
- Coordinates
- 51.5087, -0.12626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The John Law Baker Memorial Drinking Fountain, located in the churchyard of St Martin-in-the-Fields, is a disused drinking fountain that was installed in 1866. It is made of marble and features a rectangular plinth with fluted basins at both ends, which are now infilled, supported by attached pedestals. At the center, there is a rectangular pedestal adorned with a large patera on the front face and intricately carved lion masks on the sides above the bowls. The pedestal is topped with a fluted broken column. The fountain includes an inscription in memory of John Law Baker of the Madras Army.
Local climate
John Law Baker Memorial Drinking Fountain (St Martin in the Fields 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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