Ruskin Stone at the junction of West Street and Pound Street is a Grade II listed building in the Sutton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1974. Monument.
Ruskin Stone at the junction of West Street and Pound Street
- WRENN ID
- rough-mortar-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sutton
- Constituency
- Carshalton and Wallington MP: Bobby Dean (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1974
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 277 644
- Coordinates
- 51.36454, -0.16589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ruskin Stone is a rectangular slab of stone located at the junction of West Street and Pound Street in Carshalton. It features an inscription that reads: "In obedience to the giver of Life/of the brooks and fruits that fed it/and the peace that ends/may this well be kept sacred/for the service/of men's flocks and flowers/and be by kindness called/Margaret's well." This pool was beautified and endowed by John Ruskin Esq M.A., L.L.D., in 1876. The stone commemorates the historical significance of Margaret's Pool.
Local climate
Ruskin Stone at the junction of West Street and Pound Street 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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