Alderman Proctor's 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.
Alderman Proctor's Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- lesser-wattle-foxglove
- 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
- Alderman Proctor's Drinking Fountain, Clifton Down
- OS grid reference
- ST 566 738
- Coordinates
- 51.46196, -2.62592
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alderman Proctor's Drinking Fountain is a drinking fountain built in 1872 by G and H Godwin, located in Clifton, Bristol. It is designed in the Gothic Revival style and constructed from limestone ashlar, with marble and sandstone details, sitting on a Pennant stone plinth. The fountain features a three-sided spirelet on Pennant steps, with two-stage buttresses at the corners that contain round red sandstone panels. Open two-centre arches between the buttresses have alternating sandstone and limestone voussoirs, a foliate intrados, and pink marble shafts, all set within weathered gables that include finials and carved shield panels. The three-sided weathered spire has chamfered corners and a finial. Inside, the fountain is vaulted over the three-sided basin and taps, which are surrounded by white marble. This fountain commemorates the presentation of the Downs to the City of Bristol by the Merchant Venturers in 1861 and was moved around 1988.
Local climate
Alderman Proctor's 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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