Drinking Fountain at St 559 747, Approximately 40 Metres South of Towerhirst on Clifton Down is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain at St 559 747, Approximately 40 Metres South of Towerhirst on Clifton Down

WRENN ID
stubborn-step-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol North West MP: Darren Jones (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1977
Type
Drinking fountain
OS grid reference
ST 559 747
Coordinates
51.46997, -2.63547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, located approximately 40 meters south of Towerhirst on Clifton Down, was built in 1883. It features limestone ashlar construction with details in marble and pink granite. The design includes a semicircular arch supported by square granite pilasters topped with marble foliate capitals. Below the arch is a granite basin with a splash-back and a separate basin for dogs. The fountain was erected by William Hind.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain at St 559 747, Approximately 40 Metres South of Towerhirst on Clifton Down 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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