The Tortoise Fountain and enclosing wall is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. A C1900 Fountain.
The Tortoise Fountain and enclosing wall
- WRENN ID
- scarred-hinge-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- The Tortoise Fountain and enclosing wall, Cliveden Road, Taplow
- OS grid reference
- SU 909 848
- Coordinates
- 51.55555, -0.68985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tortoise Fountain and enclosing wall, located on Cliveden Road in Taplow, was created around 1900 by T. Waldo Story for W.W. Astor. This marble fountain features three basins of decreasing size, set upon a central marble shaft. The upper basin is adorned with carved tortoises around its edge. Next to the fountain is a curved section of wall made from red brick and stone, which has a balustrade inspired by the Borghese balustrade.
Local climate
The Tortoise Fountain and enclosing wall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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