Snake Fountain and Pool Below Bridge, Sezincote Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1985. Fountain.

Snake Fountain and Pool Below Bridge, Sezincote Garden

WRENN ID
sunken-cloister-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1985
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
SP 171 312
Coordinates
51.97918, -1.75137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Snake Fountain and Pool, located below the bridge in Sezincote Garden, is an early 19th-century feature designed by Thomas Daniell. It consists of a bronze sculpture of a three-headed snake that curves around an upright tree trunk, situated on an island in the center of a circular pool.

Local climate

Snake Fountain and Pool Below Bridge, Sezincote Garden receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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