Horse Trough in Lake on South Side of Garden Lake Dam is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Horse trough.
Horse Trough in Lake on South Side of Garden Lake Dam
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Horse trough
- Address
- Horse Trough in Lake on South Side of Garden Lake Dam, Stourton with Gasper
- OS grid reference
- ST 772 338
- Coordinates
- 51.10353, -2.32664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The horse trough, likely from the early 19th century, is situated in the lane on the south side of the Garden Lake dam in Stourton with Gasper, near Stourhead Gardens. It was probably created for Richard Colt Hoare of Stourhead House. The trough features a dressed limestone facade in front of the sluice house, with a semi-circular-headed recess that contains the water trough. Above the trough is a recessed moulded panel and a lion mask spout. The structure has a gabled stone roof verge with saddleback coping. At the rear, there is a shed rendered on a stone base with a tiled roof. This lane served as the carriage and bridleway to Alfred's Tower from Stourhead.
Local climate
Horse Trough in Lake on South Side of Garden Lake Dam receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 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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