The Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1980. Fountain. 2 related planning applications.
The Fountain
- WRENN ID
- muffled-pillar-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1980
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- The Fountain, Fountain Street, Nailsworth, GL6 0BL
- OS grid reference
- ST 850 996
- Coordinates
- 51.69583, -2.2182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fountain is a Grade II listed hexagonal drinking fountain dated 1862, located on Fountain Street. It features a crocketted spirelet topped with a poppyhead and has cusped arches with triangular heads on each face. The fountain is supported by pink granite columns with carved foliate capitals. Three of its faces are blind and display inscriptions, including a memorial text that honors William Smith Esquire of the village, who passed away suddenly on September 29, 1861, at the age of 53. The text describes him as "an honest lawyer" and notes that the fountain was erected in his memory by those who admired his character. The fountain was previously moved to Old Market but has now been returned to its original location.
Local climate
The Fountain receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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