Drinking Trough at Ngr Ss 9957 4209 is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Monument.
Drinking Trough at Ngr Ss 9957 4209
- WRENN ID
- steep-grate-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Drinking Trough at Ngr Ss 9957 4209, Timberscombe, Somerset
- OS grid reference
- SS 955 420
- Coordinates
- 51.16844, -3.49504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking trough, located in Timberscombe village, dates from the late 19th century and is made of Portland stone. It has a rectangular shape and is set on four stone blocks with a plinth. The trough features a gabled top with a pair of trefoil-headed niches and a mask above. An inscription on the reverse reads, "... in Memory of James Hole... 1876 and his wife died 1855". The trough is 60mm thick and is not connected to a water supply. It is missing drinking cups and an outlet, suggesting it may have been relocated. Originally, it likely had chained cups set in the niches and a separate water supply, allowing both animals and humans to benefit from Mr. Hole's generosity.
Local climate
Drinking Trough at Ngr Ss 9957 4209 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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