Fountain at the Childe-Beale Trust Su 7810 6175 is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. Fountain.
Fountain at the Childe-Beale Trust Su 7810 6175
- WRENN ID
- lost-lime-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1984
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Fountain at the Childe-Beale Trust Su 7810 6175, Reading Road, Basildon
- OS grid reference
- SU 619 780
- Coordinates
- 51.49801, -1.10926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fountain at the Childe-Beale Trust, dating from around 1890 to 1900, was designed by O. Spalmach. It features a central stone rock with a dolphin and a figure, surrounded by four maidens on sea horses at the base. The fountain has a circular inner enclosure and a shaped outer enclosure adorned with caryatids and cherubs. Originally, the fountain came from Witley Park in Surrey. O. Spalmach previously worked in the studio of O. Andreoni in Rome.
Local climate
Fountain at the Childe-Beale Trust Su 7810 6175 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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