The Boy and Dolphin Fountain, Rose Garden, Hyde Park is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1995. Fountain.

The Boy and Dolphin Fountain, Rose Garden, Hyde Park

WRENN ID
quartered-cornice-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1995
Type
Fountain
Address
The Boy and Dolphin Fountain, Rose Garden, Hyde Park, Hyde Park Corner, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 281 799
Coordinates
51.50381, -0.15451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Boy and Dolphin Fountain is a drinking fountain located in the Rose Garden of Hyde Park. It was designed by Alexander Munro and completed in 1862. The fountain is made of white marble and Portland stone and features a sculpted boy with a dolphin, standing six feet high on a rock, which is set in a circular basin atop a pedestal. Originally, the fountain was situated in a sunken garden in Hyde Park, Park Lane. It was moved to Broad Walk in Regent's Park in 1962 and returned to Hyde Park in 1994, where it is now positioned in the Rose Garden near the path between Serpentine Road and Rotten Row.

Local climate

The Boy and Dolphin Fountain, Rose Garden, Hyde Park 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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