Memorial Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Fountain.
Memorial Fountain
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Memorial Fountain, High Street, Newnham
- OS grid reference
- SO 690 117
- Coordinates
- 51.80346, -2.4501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial fountain, dated 1897, is made of Cotswold limestone and stands about 3 meters high. It is located in the central strip of High Street, opposite Ashby House. The fountain features a stone basin with an arched niche that has a frieze and a dentilled cornice. Above this, an upper obelisk is supported by four scrolled buttresses arranged diagonally. The lower part of the obelisk displays a VR monogram on a square stone panel, which is adorned with carved foliage decoration. The basin has lion-head spouts, and the niche recess includes carved dolphins. A bronze plaque in the frieze panel is inscribed with VR 1897, along with newer plates inscribed GRV 1935 and ERII 1977. The entire structure is set on an area paved with engineering bricks, which is retained by a rubble sandstone wall.
Local climate
Memorial Fountain receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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