Drinking Fountain Situated at the Junction of Millbrook Road and Shirley Road is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1981. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain Situated at the Junction of Millbrook Road and Shirley Road

WRENN ID
patient-eave-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southampton
Constituency
Southampton Test MP: Satvir Kaur (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1981
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain Situated at the Junction of Millbrook Road and Shirley Road, City of Southampton
OS grid reference
SU 411 122
Coordinates
50.90838, -1.41608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, dated 1888, is located at the junction of Millbrook Road and Shirley Road in Freemantle. It features a granite trough supported by two cylindrical granite supports. At the rear, there is a stone pillar topped with a ball finial that displays the date. The fountain also includes a lion's head mask set in a hood moulding, along with the inscription "Thou preservest man and beast."

Local climate

Drinking Fountain Situated at the Junction of Millbrook Road and Shirley Road 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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