Drinking Fountain in Wandle Park About Five Yards to North of Southern Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain in Wandle Park About Five Yards to North of Southern Entrance

WRENN ID
gaunt-thatch-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Merton
Constituency
Mitcham and Morden MP: Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain in Wandle Park About Five Yards to North of Southern Entrance, High Street
OS grid reference
TQ 266 702
Coordinates
51.41738, -0.17964
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, dated 1907, is located in Wandle Park, about five yards north of the southern entrance. It is made of Portland stone and features a three-sided design with Ionic columns at the corners. The fountain has water bowls on balusters that are set into sunken faces and is topped with a dentil cornice. An urn finial with volute supports crowns the structure, which stands on a circular, stepped base.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain in Wandle Park About Five Yards to North of Southern Entrance 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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