Fountain in Front of Number 16 is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. Fountain. 1 related planning application.

Fountain in Front of Number 16

WRENN ID
leaning-lancet-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Sussex
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1972
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain in Front of Number 16, London Road, East Grinstead
OS grid reference
TQ 395 379
Coordinates
51.12388, -0.00747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 19th-century ornamental fountain made of stone, located in front of number 16 on High Street. The fountain features a square base adorned with geometric carved patterns. It has a pyramid cap that is supported by four square fluted columns, and it includes iron dolphins. The fountain, along with numbers 4 to 12 on Middle Row, forms a group of significant structures.

Local climate

Fountain in Front of Number 16 receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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