Drinking Fountain and Horse Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1994. Drinking fountain, horse trough.

Drinking Fountain and Horse Trough

WRENN ID
tangled-mullion-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Merton
Constituency
Wimbledon MP: Mr Paul Kohler (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1994
Type
Drinking fountain, horse trough
Address
Drinking Fountain and Horse Trough, Windmill Road Sw19
OS grid reference
TQ 230 724
Coordinates
51.43773, -0.23102
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain and horse trough, located on Windmill Road in the late 19th century, features a rectangular granite horse trough with a chamfered base supported by two granite legs. One end of the trough has an ogee-shaped granite gable with a semi-circular bowl attached. Beneath the main trough, there is a rectangular dog trough set between granite kerbs at ground level. An inscription on the structure reads, "Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association."

Local climate

Drinking Fountain and Horse Trough sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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