The Victoria Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Fountain. 1 related planning application.

The Victoria Fountain

WRENN ID
quartered-bastion-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1952
Type
Fountain
Address
The Victoria Fountain, Old Steine, the City of Brighton and Hove
OS grid reference
TQ 313 040
Coordinates
50.82078, -0.13729
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Victoria Fountain is a fountain located in Brighton, built in 1846. It was designed by A.H. Wilds, with dolphin patterns modeled by M. Pepper, and the castings were made by the Eagle Foundry in Gloucester Road, Brighton. The construction was carried out by Williams and Yearsley. The fountain features a cast-iron pool with egg-and-dart mouldings around the rim and a pile of rocks in the center. On top of the rocks are three intertwined hollow dolphins, which contain pumps and support a cast-iron basin. A third basin and column were reinstated following restoration work in 1990.

Local climate

The Victoria Fountain receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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