Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Fountain. 2 related planning applications.
Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-pediment-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain, St Mary's Butts
- OS grid reference
- SU 713 733
- Coordinates
- 51.45422, -0.97423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain, located on St Mary's Butts in Reading, was built in 1887 and designed by G.W. Webb. It is made of Portland stone, featuring ashlar with polished granite columns and red sandstone bands. The fountain has an oval shape and consists of three stages. The large lower basin has been converted into flower beds and includes drinking bowls. Above this is a colonnaded drum with an inscribed frieze, topped by a smaller drum that supports a canopied oval cone. This cone is adorned with single columns capped by griffins, which are further topped by a crown. Water once spouted from the top of the fountain and from the mouths of gargoyles. The design is a typical Victorian blend of various architectural forms and decorative elements.
Local climate
Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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