Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- ragged-glass-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1974
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain, Hart Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AU
- OS grid reference
- SU 762 826
- Coordinates
- 51.5378, -0.9022
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain, built in 1885, is located on the north side of Hart Street. It was erected in memory of Greville Phillimore, a former Rector, and was originally situated at the junction of Hart Street and the Market Place. The fountain is designed in a Gothic style, featuring polished pink granite and limestone. It has a gabled roof adorned with crockets and pinnacles, and it is topped with a cross. There are plaques on each side of the fountain, and it includes drinking fountain bowls as well as dog bowls at the base, although one of the dog bowls has been filled in. This fountain is part of a group that includes Nos 5 to 39 (odd), the Parish Church of St Mary, and the raised pavement at the east end of Hart Street, as well as several other nearby properties.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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