Drinking Fountain at Junction with Cirencester Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. A Nineteenth Century Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain at Junction with Cirencester Road

WRENN ID
dark-gallery-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
Drinking fountain
Period
Nineteenth Century
Address
Drinking Fountain at Junction with Cirencester Road, London Road, Charlton Kings
OS grid reference
SO 959 213
Coordinates
51.89026, -2.05984
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, located at the junction with Cirencester Road, dates from around 1870 and was likely supplied by Boultons of Cheltenham. It is constructed from ashlar, featuring a mix of limestone and sandstone. The fountain has a square base set on a battered plinth, with four panels that include cusped arches and corner columns topped with carved capitals. Above these are crocketed gables that contain carved trefoils, and a crocketed spirelet crowns the structure. The west face is adorned with a carving of 'Christ with the woman at the well' along with the inscription: 'Praise God from whom all blessings flow'. The north face bears the inscription: 'The Public are expected to protect from Injury that which was erected for the public good'. A granite drinking bowl is situated on the west side. This fountain is part of a group that includes No. 175 London Road (Holy Apostles Old School) and the Church of the Holy Apostles, both designed by John Middleton.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain at Junction with Cirencester Road 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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