Drinking Fountain, Approximately One Metre from North East Corner of the Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1969. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain, Approximately One Metre from North East Corner of the Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-casement-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1969
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- OS grid reference
- SU 812 685
- Coordinates
- 51.41028, -0.83353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a disused drinking fountain located approximately one metre from the northeast corner of the Town Hall in Wokingham Market Place. It dates back to 1881 and is made of granite. The fountain features a dolphin design outlet and has a semi-circular top.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain, Approximately One Metre from North East Corner of the Town Hall 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 78% 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 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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