Drinking Fountain with Trough for Horses and Dogs is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1992. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain with Trough for Horses and Dogs
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-obsidian-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1992
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain with Trough for Horses and Dogs, the Fairway, Lake
- OS grid reference
- SZ 590 837
- Coordinates
- 50.65018, -1.16656
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This drinking fountain, designed for horses and dogs, was erected around 1920. It is made of granite and features a large rectangular trough with a chamfered base supported by square pillars, intended for horses. Below this, there is a low rectangular trough for dogs. At one end, there is a flattened curved stone with a semi-circular bowl for human use. The taps were missing at the time of the survey. One side of the fountain has the inscription "Be ye merciful," while the other side reads, "To the horses and dogs who also bore the burden and heat of the day 1914-1920."
Local climate
Drinking Fountain with Trough for Horses and Dogs 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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