Neptune Fountain Approximately 100 Metres South West of Main Entrance to Municipal Offices is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1982. Fountain.
Neptune Fountain Approximately 100 Metres South West of Main Entrance to Municipal Offices
- WRENN ID
- tall-flue-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1982
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- SO 946 222
- Coordinates
- 51.8984, -2.07844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Neptune Fountain, located approximately 100 meters southwest of the main entrance to the Municipal Offices in Cheltenham, is a Grade II listed structure inaugurated in 1893. It was designed by Joseph Hall, the Borough Engineer, and constructed by RL Boulton and Sons of Cheltenham. The fountain is made of Portland stone and is overpainted. It features a depiction of Neptune being drawn by four sea-horses, with tritons on either side blowing conches. The fountain is set on a ranged oval base surrounded by shallow steps that lead to a pool, and it is enclosed by a stone balustrade adorned with carved urns. The design is inspired by Rome's Trevi Fountain. Historically, the Promenade was established in 1818 as a tree-lined avenue connecting the Colonnade in the High Street to the Sherborne Spa, which is now the site of the Queen's Hotel.
Local climate
Neptune Fountain Approximately 100 Metres South West of Main Entrance to Municipal Offices receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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