Drinking Fountain and Cattle/Horse Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. A Late C19 Drinking fountain and trough. 2 related planning applications.

Drinking Fountain and Cattle/Horse Trough

WRENN ID
bitter-merlon-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Merton
Constituency
Wimbledon MP: Mr Paul Kohler (LD)
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain and trough
Address
Drinking Fountain and Cattle/Horse Trough, Parkside Sw19, SW19 5NB
OS grid reference
TQ 235 714
Coordinates
51.42826, -0.22372
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain and cattle/horse trough, dating from the late 19th century, is made of cast iron and features an ornate square base. The fountain consists of a ring of five fluted columns topped with waterleaf capitals, a cornice, a shallow dome, and a finial. To the east, there is a granite drinking trough that includes an urn with a water outlet.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain and Cattle/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.

More on this building

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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