Drinking Fountain at Junction with Mill Lane is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain at Junction with Mill Lane

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 April 1987
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain at Junction with Mill Lane, Berrynarbor
OS grid reference
SS 558 475
Coordinates
51.2085, -4.06476
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, located at the junction with Mill Lane, was built in 1897. It is constructed from ashlar and has a square shape with a gablet capping. The front features a semi-circular lipped bowl below a trefoil-headed blind panel that bears the inscription: "June 22nd 1897. This Fountain was erected by Mrs Bassett in Commemoration of the 60th year of the Reign of Queen Victoria. She Wrought Her People Lasting Good" dated January 22nd 1901.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain at Junction with Mill Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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