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
stranded-pillar-yarrow
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, Colston Avenue
OS grid reference
ST 586 730
Coordinates
51.45474, -2.59666
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, located on Colston Avenue in Bristol, was built in 1893 and erected in 1901. It is made of grey granite and features red granite bowls. The fountain has square steps leading up to a moulded plinth, with bowls on each face. Above the plinth, there are grey columns supporting pediments on either side, along with red granite plaques. The fountain is topped with a fluted grey drum and a domed top. One lion-head tap remains on the northwest side, and the City Arms is displayed in brass facing southwest. This fountain commemorates the Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition that took place on the site from 1893 to 1894.

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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