Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1993. Fountain.

Fountain

WRENN ID
proud-railing-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1993
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain, Victoria Park, Truro
OS grid reference
SW 821 450
Coordinates
50.26488, -5.05756
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This ornamental fountain, located in Victoria Park, Truro, dates from around 1890. It is made of polished granite and features a goblet-shaped bowl atop a tapered shaft. The shaft has four sprinklers and is topped with an urn.

Local climate

Fountain receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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