Memorial Water Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 2018. Drinking trough. 4 related planning applications.
Memorial Water Trough
- WRENN ID
- gilded-cobble-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 2018
- Type
- Drinking trough
- Address
- Memorial Water Trough, About 12m North-West of Council Offices, 39 Penwinnick Road, St Austell, St. Austell, PL25 5DR
- OS grid reference
- SX 009 519
- Coordinates
- 50.33396, -4.79821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Memorial Water Trough is an animal drinking trough that was originally part of a war memorial dedicated to Captain Thomas Agar-Robartes. It was unveiled in 1922 and moved to its current location in 1998.
This trough is made of granite and is designed in the shape of a classical sarcophagus, resting on a chamfered plinth with canted corners. The body features incised scrollwork and bas relief carvings of lion heads, while the lip is adorned with a dentilled cornice. The trough is positioned on a raised surface made of late 20th-century granite setts. In front of the trough, there is a fixed bronze plaque that notes its connection to Captain the Hon. Agar-Robartes and mentions its relocation in 1998. The plaque also includes the text from the plaque on the memorial bench that was previously associated with it.
Local climate
Memorial Water Trough receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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