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

Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
tangled-rubble-storm
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, Hotwell Road, BS8 4PZ
OS grid reference
ST 571 725
Coordinates
51.45013, -2.61846
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, dated 1902, is located on Hotwell Road in Hotwells, Bristol. It is constructed from granite and cast iron, featuring octagonal steps leading up to a plinth. The fountain is topped with a foliate openwork ogee cupola that has a finial, supported by slender columns. One side of the fountain displays a plaque with a head relief.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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