Cross and Drinking Fountain in Middle of St James' Park is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Fountain, cross.
Cross and Drinking Fountain in Middle of St James' Park
- WRENN ID
- sombre-gravel-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Fountain, cross
- Address
- Cross and Drinking Fountain in Middle of St James' Park, St James Parade
- OS grid reference
- ST 589 734
- Coordinates
- 51.45835, -2.5924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cross and drinking fountain located in the middle of St James' Park in Bristol is a 19th-century structure, with the fountain itself dated 1885. It features a pennant stone base, a limestone ashlar plinth and cross, and a red granite basin. The design includes an octagonal stepped base with a square plinth supporting an octagonal shaft. On the south side, there is a curved basin set one step down from the top, which has a bronze tap positioned above it.
Local climate
Cross and Drinking Fountain in Middle of St James' Park receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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