Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- wild-chamber-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1979
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain, the Esplanade, Cowes
- OS grid reference
- SZ 490 966
- Coordinates
- 50.76698, -1.30583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain located on Princes Green in West Cowes dates from around 1890. It is made of cast iron and is supported by four pillars. The fountain features a domed and fretted canopy.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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