Horse Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1981. Trough.

Horse Trough

WRENN ID
stubborn-clay-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southampton
Constituency
Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1981
Type
Trough
Address
Horse Trough, Western Esplanade, City of Southampton
OS grid reference
SU 417 111
Coordinates
50.89837, -1.40738
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The horse trough, dating from around 1900, features a stone basin supported by two stone feet. It was erected in memory of the Marrett family, who had a house on this site from 1700 to 1900.

Local climate

Horse Trough receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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