Disused Drinking Fountain Opposite Number 7 Well Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 2004. Drinking fountain.

Disused Drinking Fountain Opposite Number 7 Well Lane

WRENN ID
narrow-glass-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 2004
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Disused Drinking Fountain Opposite Number 7 Well Lane, Constantine
OS grid reference
SW 731 292
Coordinates
50.11986, -5.1748
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The disused drinking fountain, located opposite number 7 Well Lane, is likely from the mid to late 19th century. It is a granite monolith set into a wall, standing about 1 metre high. The fountain features a round-headed block with a round-headed niche at the front. Inside the niche, there is a stopped pipe instead of a tap, and a wrought iron bar spans the front of the niche. This fountain is one of six surviving drinking fountains that provided water to the village of Constantine, which was piped from the top of the village. These fountains were installed to meet the needs of the growing population, driven by the success of the nearby Wheal Vyvyan tin mine.

Local climate

Disused Drinking Fountain Opposite Number 7 Well Lane receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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