Water Supply Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Fountain.

Water Supply Fountain

WRENN ID
tangled-nave-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
Fountain
Address
Water Supply Fountain, the Square, Middleton and Smerrill, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 195 632
Coordinates
53.16594, -1.70863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water supply fountain, dated 1876, is located on the north side of The Square in the parish of Middleton and Smerrill. It features a shallow blind arch with incised voussoirs and a projecting keyblock. Above the arch, there is a ball finial that is supported by hexagonal columns set into a quoined recess in a low wall. The archstones and the area below the arch bear the inscription 'The Gift of TWB Esq 1876'.

Local climate

Water Supply Fountain sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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