Fountain in Forecourt to South of Tyringham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Fountain.

Fountain in Forecourt to South of Tyringham Hall

WRENN ID
eastward-string-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Milton Keynes
Constituency
Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1984
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain in Forecourt to South of Tyringham Hall, Tyringham and Filgrave
OS grid reference
SP 855 468
Coordinates
52.1137, -0.75145
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The fountain located in the forecourt to the south of Tyringham Hall is a stone structure with a bronze sculpture, designed in 1928 by McMillan. It features a boat-shaped ashlar stone base set in a pool, with large reclining figures of Diana and Apollo positioned on either side of a central jet of water. The fountain includes relief carvings of seals and a Latin inscription, with seahorses at either end.

Local climate

Fountain in Forecourt to South of Tyringham Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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