Village Water Trough and Gabled Back Drop and Flanking Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1986. Water trough.
Village Water Trough and Gabled Back Drop and Flanking Wall
- WRENN ID
- deep-sentry-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1986
- Type
- Water trough
- Address
- Village Water Trough and Gabled Back Drop and Flanking Wall, Main Street, Whittington
- OS grid reference
- SP 014 208
- Coordinates
- 51.88665, -1.98019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The village water trough, dating from the late 19th century, is constructed from rock-faced and dressed limestone. It features a rectangular water trough positioned in front of a gabled back-drop, which is centrally located within a wall approximately 12 meters long. The trough is adorned with a pointed arched recess that has a flat-chamfered moulded surround, decorated with ballflower motifs. There are eroded remnants suggesting a former statue may have stood within the recess. An inscription reading "Waste Not, Want Not" is located towards the apex of the gable. The gable has stepped coping, a roll-cross saddle with a fleur-de-lys, and a metal cross at the top. The wall on either side of the trough steps up towards the gable.
Local climate
Village Water Trough and Gabled Back Drop and Flanking Wall receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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