Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. A C19 Fountain.

Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
haunted-spire-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
Fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain, B 5285, Coniston, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 326 983
Coordinates
54.37659, -3.03767
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, built in 1885, is made of slate and features a wall with rock-faced coping. It is supported by three square piers that have rock-faced bands and caps, with rounded stones on either side. The central pier holds a cast iron drinking fountain, which includes a bowl and a dog bowl below it. Above the fountain is a lead-letter inscription that reads: "IN/MEMORIAM/ERECTED BY/SUSANNA BEEVER/1885". To the left of the fountain is a horse trough, which has the inscription: "A RIGHTEOUS MAN/REGARDETH THE LIFE/OF HIS BEAST" above it. To the right, there is a seat with the inscription: "HE SENDETH THE/SPRINGS INTO THE/RIVERS WHICH RUN/AMONG THE HILLS" above it.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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