Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough to East of Nos 27 and 29 is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1977. Fountain, trough. 1 related planning application.
Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough to East of Nos 27 and 29
- WRENN ID
- gilded-casement-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1977
- Type
- Fountain, trough
- Address
- Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough to East of Nos 27 and 29, High Street, RH1 3BA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 289 533
- Coordinates
- 51.26454, -0.15274
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain and cattle trough, located to the east of Nos 27 and 29 on the west side of High Street in Merstham, is made of gray granite and features a gable end with a tap in the gable. It was erected by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association and is dated 1884. The trough is now planted with flowers. This structure, along with Nos 23 to 31 (odd) and Red Cottage, forms a group.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough to East of Nos 27 and 29 receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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