Water Outlet with Arch Surround is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Water outlet.
Water Outlet with Arch Surround
- WRENN ID
- hollow-nave-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Water outlet
- Address
- Water Outlet with Arch Surround, West Street, Abbotsbury
- OS grid reference
- SY 572 853
- Coordinates
- 50.66629, -2.6058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water outlet, dated 1858, features an arch surround and is located on the north side of West Street in Abbotsbury. It is designed in the form of a lion's head that projects from the ashlar walling. The outlet is framed by three square orders, which include a chamfered plinth and imposts. Above, there is a semi-circular arch also supported by square orders. The front face is finished in ashlar and is topped with a hipped stone coping.
Local climate
Water Outlet with Arch Surround receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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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