Drinking Fountain on Corner with Cotham Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. A Victorian Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.

Drinking Fountain on Corner with Cotham Hill

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1977
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain on Corner with Cotham Hill, Hampton Road
OS grid reference
ST 581 738
Coordinates
51.46244, -2.60373
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, located at the corner of Hampton Road and Cotham Hill in Bristol, dates back to 1882. It is made of Portland stone and features a granite basin along with a marble plaque. The design includes a round basin set beneath a semicircular arch adorned with bulrushes. The plaque is inscribed with the words "ERECTED BY S&A TURNER Nov 1882" and includes a tap for drinking water.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain on Corner with Cotham Hill 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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