Chelston Drinking Fountain and Railings Enclosing Green is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Drinking fountain.
Chelston Drinking Fountain and Railings Enclosing Green
- WRENN ID
- sombre-corner-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1994
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Chelston Drinking Fountain and Railings Enclosing Green, Walnut Road
- OS grid reference
- SX 902 636
- Coordinates
- 50.46256, -3.54792
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chelston drinking fountain and the railings enclosing the green were built in 1897, as indicated by a datestone, and were donated by Francis and Elizabeth Bigge of Hennapyn. The fountain features a granite and limestone trough, while the railings are made of cast iron. The cast-iron railings surround a small triangular green, with the drinking fountain located in a recess on the east side. The fountain consists of an octagonal granite bowl supported by a limestone stem, which has a trefoil shape in plan and includes three trefoil-headed arches. The base of the stem is also trefoil-shaped and forms a bowl intended for dogs to drink from. The fountain is supplied with water through a swan-necked lead pipe that emerges from the ground inside the railings and ends in a Celtic beast's head. The round section railings are topped with spear finials and sturdy cylindrical standards, some of which have been replaced, featuring acorn finials.
Local climate
Chelston Drinking Fountain and Railings Enclosing Green receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% 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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