The Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1954. Fountain. 3 related planning applications.
The Fountain
- WRENN ID
- secret-flagstone-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1954
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- The Fountain, Market Place, Devizes, SN10 1JG
- OS grid reference
- SU 003 615
- Coordinates
- 51.35272, -1.99583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fountain, erected in 1879 in memory of Sotheron-Estcourt, is a notable structure located in the Market Place. It features a large stone octagonal basin with sides that have inverted segmental curves and angle piers. The basin is topped with bronze eagles and includes smaller drinking troughs on each face, which have lion 'mask' spouts. At the center of the large basin, a massive central shaft with a grouped, curved formation supports an upper basin, from which a tall group of engaged columns rises, forming the base for a statue of Mr. Estcourt. The fountain is set amidst picturesque pollarded plane trees. This fountain, along with the listed buildings on the South-West Side, South-East Side, Market Hall, and Market Cross, forms a cohesive group of historic structures.
Local climate
The Fountain receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Radon risk assessment
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