Dryland Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1976. Fountain.
Dryland Fountain
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-crypt-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1976
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Dryland Fountain, Sheep Street, Kettering, Kettering Town, NN16 0AN
- OS grid reference
- SP 866 783
- Coordinates
- 52.39621, -0.72778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dryland Fountain is a Grade II listed structure made of carved limestone. It features a tall rectangular pedestal topped with an entablature and a carved finial. The north and south faces are adorned with carved swags of flowers and prominent scrolls or volutes at the base, situated above a limestone horse trough. The western face displays the inscription ‘A MAN / GREATLY / BELOVED’ within a roundel, along with ‘ERECTED BY / PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION’ in a lower panel. The eastern face commemorates ‘JOHN WINTER / DRYLAND / M.R.C.S L.M L.S.A / J.P / 1834-1906’.
At the base, the fountain flows into a semi-circular ribbed or ‘gadrooned’ basin. An inscription on the south elevation has eroded beyond readability, while the corresponding panel on the north elevation reads ‘HE PRAYETH WELL/ WHO LOVETH WELL / BOTH MAN AND / BIRD AND BEAST’. A small brass plaque above the basin notes that the monument was refurbished in 1994 by KG Wright (Builders) Ltd, with support from the Civic Society of Kettering, the county council, and Anglian Water.
Local climate
Dryland Fountain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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