Drinking Fountain 125 Metres to South East of Greystone Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Drinking fountain, horse trough.
Drinking Fountain 125 Metres to South East of Greystone Bridge
- WRENN ID
- silver-pavement-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1985
- Type
- Drinking fountain, horse trough
- OS grid reference
- SX 369 803
- Coordinates
- 50.59965, -4.30497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain and horse trough, located 125 meters southeast of Greystone Bridge on Old Greystone Hill, was built in 1894, as indicated by the datestone. It features snecked dressed stone with granite dressings and has a gabled front. The semi-circular horse trough includes a carved stone lion's head at the water spout. Above the trough, there is a central rectangular recessed plaque with the incised upper case lettering "BK: DRINK AND BE THANKFUL." The datestone is inscribed in the lintel above the plaque. The gable is topped with moulded granite coping. On the left-hand end, there is a drinking fountain with a recessed opening that has a round-headed stone arch. The fountain is situated opposite a toll house that has been converted into a domestic dwelling.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain 125 Metres to South East of Greystone Bridge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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