Drinking Fountain, 2 Yards to South East of Number 1 is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1984. A Victorian Fountain.
Drinking Fountain, 2 Yards to South East of Number 1
- WRENN ID
- hollow-pinnacle-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1984
- Type
- Fountain
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- ST 636 902
- Coordinates
- 51.6095, -2.52625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain, located 2 yards southeast of Number 1 Thornbury Castle Street, was built between 1880 and 1881 by Browne and Co of Bristol. It features a combination of Romanesque and Gothic styles, constructed from limestone with a polished granite course. The fountain includes a granite basin set within a nailhead arch. An inscription on the fountain commemorates Lieutenant Hector Maclane of the Royal Horse Artillery, stating that it was erected by public subscription in addition to a window in Thornbury Church. The inscription details that he was taken prisoner while attempting to fetch water for the wounded after the Battle of Maiwand and was subsequently murdered in the camp of Ayoub Khan near Candahar on September 1, 1880.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain, 2 Yards to South East of Number 1 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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