Drinking fountain, 17m south-east of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 2020. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.
Drinking fountain, 17m south-east of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- open-balcony-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 2020
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking fountain, 17m south-east of the Church of St Mary, Tyneham, Wareham, Steeple with Tyneham
- OS grid reference
- SY 881 803
- Coordinates
- 50.62296, -2.16875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain, built in 1853, is located 17 meters south-east of the Church of St Mary. It is made of limestone ashlar and features a rectangular shape with flat coping stones and a plinth. The upper part of the fountain is constructed over an existing boundary wall. It has a central recess with a semi-circular head, tooled voussoirs, an impost string course, and a projecting rectangular stone trough. The rear wall of the recess includes a tap, which may have replaced a spout, and bears an inscription in black lettering that reads: "1853 / WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THIS / WATER SHALL THIRST AGAIN; BUT / WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THE WATER / THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM SHALL NEVER / THIRST; BUT THE WATER THAT I SHALL / GIVE HIM SHALL BE IN HIM A WELL OF / WATER SPRINGING UP INTO EVER / LASTING LIFE. JOHN 4th 13 & 14." The boundary wall against which the fountain is built is not considered to have special architectural or historic interest and is excluded from the listing.
Local climate
Drinking fountain, 17m south-east of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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