The Boy Fountain, North of Birdcage Walk/Queen Anne's Gate Junction is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. Fountain.

The Boy Fountain, North of Birdcage Walk/Queen Anne's Gate Junction

WRENN ID
waning-basalt-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1987
Type
Fountain
Address
The Boy Fountain, North of Birdcage Walk/Queen Anne's Gate Junction, St James's Park Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 296 796
Coordinates
51.50118, -0.13409
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Boy Fountain, located north of the junction of Birdcage Walk and Queen Anne's Gate in St James's Park, is a sculptured drinking fountain dating from 1863. It features a marble figure of a boy, designed by C. H. Mabey, standing atop a granite base. The base is decorated with carved marble panels that include scallop shell water bowls, which were added by R. Jackson in 1865. The fountain is monogrammed with "V.R. 1863" and was erected by the Office of Works.

Local climate

The Boy Fountain, North of Birdcage Walk/Queen Anne's Gate Junction 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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