Reservoir, Drinking Fountain and Water Trough is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1995. Fountain, reservoir.
Reservoir, Drinking Fountain and Water Trough
- WRENN ID
- sharp-chamber-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1995
- Type
- Fountain, reservoir
- Address
- Reservoir, Drinking Fountain and Water Trough, the Street, Fulking, Mid Sussex
- OS grid reference
- TQ 247 114
- Coordinates
- 50.88892, -0.22826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This structure is a combined drinking fountain, water trough, and reservoir built in 1866. It features a central pointed brick arch with a tap and a metal rose for the fountain above. Above this arch is a pointed arched tiled surround that includes the inscription "To the glory of God" and remnants of waterlily tiles, with the rest replaced by plain brown tiles. The fountain is flanked by chamfered brick piers topped with stone heads and carved stone spandrels, with additional piers on the sides that enclose stone seats. On either side of the fountain are stone retaining walls that ramp up in the center and are adorned with brick dressings. To the left, there is an integral stone animal trough.
Local climate
Reservoir, Drinking Fountain and Water Trough receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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