Drinking fountain and cattle trough is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1976. Drinking fountain, cattle trough.
Drinking fountain and cattle trough
- WRENN ID
- veiled-transept-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1976
- Type
- Drinking fountain, cattle trough
- Address
- Drinking fountain and cattle trough, Traffic Island North of Fountain Roundabout
- OS grid reference
- SZ 156 929
- Coordinates
- 50.736, -1.77935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This drinking fountain and cattle trough, dating from around 1900, is located on a traffic island north of Fountain Roundabout. It features a pink granite cattle trough supported by stone end blocks, each with heart-shaped niches. Below the main trough, there are three smaller troughs for cats and dogs, which are hollowed out from the plinth. At the west end, a short round column of the drinking fountain rises from a square base. The basin has an inscription commemorating Samuel Bemister, who served as Mayor of Christchurch seven times. The fountain and trough were relocated to their current position around 1994.
Local climate
Drinking fountain and cattle trough receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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