Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1974. Fountain.

Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
gaunt-moulding-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1974
Type
Fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain, Tovil Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 754 545
Coordinates
51.2634, 0.51336
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, built in 1910, features a stone surround and a cast iron shell-moulded drinking basin. It is located on the northwest side of Tovil Hill.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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