Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. Fountain.
Fountain
- WRENN ID
- rooted-gravel-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1973
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- TR 360 706
- Coordinates
- 51.38593, 1.3911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fountain in Dane Park is a late Victorian cast iron structure, built as a memorial to Mr. John Woodward, who donated the land for the park. It features two bowls and is topped by a female statue. The fountain is adorned with decorations including pelicans, daffodils, cherubs in ships, cherubs riding dolphins, and lion head masks.
Local climate
Fountain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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