Centenary Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1999. Fountain.
Centenary Fountain
- WRENN ID
- muted-threshold-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1999
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Centenary Fountain, Victoria Park, City of Portsmouth
- OS grid reference
- SU 638 003
- Coordinates
- 50.7994, -1.09479
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Centenary Fountain is a fountain located in Victoria Park, Portsmouth, dating from around 1880. It is made of iron and features an ornate cast-iron design. The fountain has a moulded base that supports four bronze swans. Above this, there is a wide bulbous pipe with a large ornamental tray, followed by another bulbous pipe with a lead motif that supports a small circular tray. At the top, there is a moulded pipe with a water spout. The fountain is set on a base made of random rubble stone.
Local climate
Centenary Fountain 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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