Drinking Fountain South West of the Peacock Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain South West of the Peacock Hotel
- WRENN ID
- ragged-marble-thunder
- 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
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain South West of the Peacock Hotel, Bakewell Road, Rowsley, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 255 658
- Coordinates
- 53.18899, -1.61857
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain, located southwest of the Peacock Hotel, dates from 1841 and is made of sandstone ashlar. It features a half-domed alcove with vermiculated rustication surrounding the arch. Inside the alcove, there is a moulded oval trough and a cast iron lion's head that serves as the tap. This fountain is included in the listing for its group value context.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain South West of the Peacock Hotel 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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