Water Trough on the Plain is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Water trough.
Water Trough on the Plain
- WRENN ID
- silver-ember-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- Water trough
- Address
- Water Trough on the Plain, Goudhurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 722 377
- Coordinates
- 51.11286, 0.45892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water trough on The Plain in Goudhurst is a Grade II listed structure dating from 1910. It is made of pink granite and features a projecting columned base. The trough has cable-moulded insets at the corners, with the left side designed as a horse trough and the right end serving as a drinking fountain. There is a simple, chamfered pedestal for the water supply to the right, although the moulded cup is missing its finial. The trough is inscribed to Ellis and Adelaide Franklin and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Water Trough on the Plain receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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