Fountain Below and to North East of Upper Water is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Fountain.

Fountain Below and to North East of Upper Water

WRENN ID
wild-passage-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1983
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain Below and to North East of Upper Water, Blockley
OS grid reference
SP 166 360
Coordinates
52.02269, -1.75847
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The fountain located below and to the north-east of Upper Water dates from around 1900 and is made of cast iron set in a shallow circular stone basin. It is designed in the style of the Belle Epoque, and may possibly be of French origin. The fountain features a shallow basin supported by entwined dolphins whose tails hold up a further basin. It has a bulbous acanthus stem and stands on an octagonal plinth adorned with putti riding dolphins and blowing conches on projecting buttresses. Additionally, there are lion's masks on the subsidiary faces of the plinth.

Local climate

Fountain Below and to North East of Upper Water 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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