Drinking Fountain and Water Trough Opposite Entrance to Castle Grounds is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1984. A Early 20th century Fountain.
Drinking Fountain and Water Trough Opposite Entrance to Castle Grounds
- WRENN ID
- knotted-jade-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1984
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain and Water Trough Opposite Entrance to Castle Grounds, Green Dykes, Egremont
- OS grid reference
- NY 009 105
- Coordinates
- 54.48025, -3.53082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain and water trough, located opposite the entrance to the castle grounds in Egremont, was presented by Alexander Cook Esq. of Chicago to his native town in 1904, as indicated by the dated sans-serif inscription on the fountain. The name of the mason is given on the plinth as William Boddie, possibly from Clair Street, Aberdeen. The fountain is made of polished grey and pink granite and features a square plinth block set on three steps. The bowl has openings on the north, south, and east faces, supported by consoles that hold corner shafts. It has a corniced top with a ball finial atop a fluted dome. The water trough is situated on the left side of the fountain.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain and Water Trough Opposite Entrance to Castle Grounds sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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