The Brindley Memorial Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1984. Fountain.

The Brindley Memorial Fountain

WRENN ID
old-pediment-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1984
Type
Fountain
Address
The Brindley Memorial Fountain, Wormhill, High Peak
OS grid reference
SK 122 742
Coordinates
53.26512, -1.81726
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Brindley Memorial Fountain is a village fountain and water troughs, dated 1875. It is constructed from ashlar gritstone and features a gabled fountain head with carved copings that incorporate seating. The fountain is set within a half-landing amidst two flights of stone steps; the upper part consists of a single flight, while the lower steps are arranged in two parallel flights on either side of the fountain head. All steps have low railings and there are three stone troughs above a stone-set approach to the fountain from the east. The west face of the fountain head is inscribed with '1875. IN MEMORY OF JAMES BRINDLEY CIVIL ENGINEER. BORN IN THIS PARISH.' James Brindley, the pioneering canal engineer, was born in the nearby hamlet of Tunstead.

Local climate

The Brindley Memorial Fountain sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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