The Fountain and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Fountain. 6 related planning applications.
The Fountain and Attached Railings
- WRENN ID
- solitary-slate-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1988
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- The Fountain and Attached Railings, the Green, Over Norton, OX7 5PT
- OS grid reference
- SP 316 283
- Coordinates
- 51.9525, -1.54087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a memorial pump, dating to circa 1864. Constructed from limestone ashlar and polished pink granite, with a copper pump, iron fixings, and railings, the monument has a triangular plan. Three circular limestone columns, each topped with flower capitals, support semicircular arches forming an ogee-roofed limestone canopy. A stone cross sits at the canopy’s apex, and elaborate brackets with scrolls, entablatures, and ball finials project from the angles. A vault extends downwards to a central turned granite column with a volute capital, featuring pendentives decorated with shields commemorating the deaths of Colonel and Mrs. Henry Dawkins in 1864. The pump is attached to the central column, supported by elaborate wrought-iron supports. Cast-iron railings extend from the central column, enclosing part of the surrounding area. The monument is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
The Fountain and Attached Railings receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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