Sisters Fountain and Adjoining Pool Approximately 700 Metres to South West Pf Glenthorne at Ss 7930 4917 is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Fountain. 1 related planning application.
Sisters Fountain and Adjoining Pool Approximately 700 Metres to South West Pf Glenthorne at Ss 7930 4917
- WRENN ID
- watchful-cupola-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1988
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Sisters Fountain and Adjoining Pool Approximately 700 Metres to South West Pf Glenthorne at Ss 7930 4917, EX35 6NQ
- OS grid reference
- SS 792 491
- Coordinates
- 51.22883, -3.73037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sisters Fountain and the adjoining pool, located approximately 700 metres to the south-west of Glenthorne, date from the early 19th century. The structure is made of coursed stone rubble and is built into the hillside, featuring flanking splayed retaining walls and a stone cross above. There is a full-height entrance to a chamber that has an arch over the spring inside. The spring water flows into an oval pool down the hill to the north-east, which is formed by stone rubble retaining walls. The spring head and pool are situated on the hillside above Glenthorne, a house built for the Reverend W. S. Halliday, which began construction in 1829. Nearby is the location where Reverend Halliday is said to have decided to build his house, marked by a small inscribed stone known as the decision stone, although it was not visible during the survey in July 1987 due to dense undergrowth.
Local climate
Sisters Fountain and Adjoining Pool Approximately 700 Metres to South West Pf Glenthorne at Ss 7930 4917 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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