North York Moors Railway Water Column at Goathland Station is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Water column.
North York Moors Railway Water Column at Goathland Station
- WRENN ID
- distant-alcove-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1989
- Type
- Water column
- Address
- North York Moors Railway Water Column at Goathland Station, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- NZ 836 013
- Coordinates
- 54.40089, -0.71232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water column at Goathland Station, dating from around 1865, was built for the North-Eastern Railway Company. It is made of painted cast iron and features a tall, tapering cylindrical shape topped with a ball finial. A swan-necked cross-piece serves as the water spout, and there is a drip cup on the tall cylindrical post.
Local climate
North York Moors Railway Water Column at Goathland Station receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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