Horse Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Trough.
Horse Trough
- WRENN ID
- dusted-lancet-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1999
- Type
- Trough
- Address
- Horse Trough, Old Commercial Road, City of Portsmouth
- OS grid reference
- SU 644 011
- Coordinates
- 50.80636, -1.08686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This horse trough was built in 1881 by A Dench and is made of granite. It features end supports and a tray underneath. The inscription on the trough reads, "Presented to this town by the Committee of the Portsmouth and Gosport Branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals AD1881. A Dench maker. R. Marvin Esq President." The trough is not located in its original position.
Local climate
Horse Trough receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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