Horse Trough is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1993. Horse trough.
Horse Trough
- WRENN ID
- deep-bracket-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1993
- Type
- Horse trough
- Address
- Horse Trough, the Parade, Liskeard
- OS grid reference
- SX 251 646
- Coordinates
- 50.45523, -4.46518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This horse trough, located in the town centre of Liskeard, was built in 1893. It is made of dressed granite and has a rectangular shape with shaped ends, resting on a base that includes a sump. The trough is inscribed with the words: 'PRESENTED TO THE BOROUGH BY A LOVER OF ANIMALS'.
Local climate
Horse Trough sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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