The Willow Tree Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Fountain.

The Willow Tree Fountain

WRENN ID
solitary-arch-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1987
Type
Fountain
Address
The Willow Tree Fountain, Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 262 699
Coordinates
53.22617, -1.60859
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Willow Tree Fountain is a Grade II listed fountain located in Chatsworth Gardens. Originally built in 1693, it was replaced by a larger version around 1830, designed by Paxton & Holmes, with the work carried out by Bowers of Chesterfield. The fountain features a roughly circular base made of irregularly laid drystone boulders, topped by a copper structure shaped like a willow tree, from which jets of water spout from its branches. The Gardens and Park are recognized on the Gardens Register at Grade I.

Local climate

The Willow Tree Fountain receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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