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
- inner-niche-sparrow
- 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
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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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