Fountain 50 Metres North of Lower Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Fountain.
Fountain 50 Metres North of Lower Lodge
- WRENN ID
- white-panel-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- SX 453 533
- Coordinates
- 50.36008, -4.17492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a memorial drinking fountain, horse and dog trough located 50 metres north of Lower Lodge, dated 1909. It is made of granite and features an octagonal basin with an octagonal central pillar that has a spout and an urn-shaped basin on top. The horse trough includes the inscription "be merciful to thy beast," while the dog basin is inscribed "for the doggies" and has a cast iron plaque depicting a dog. There are steps leading up to the fountain, although the railings are missing.
Local climate
Fountain 50 Metres North of Lower Lodge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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