Drinking Fountain on South Side of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.

Drinking Fountain on South Side of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground

WRENN ID
vacant-hammer-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1985
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain on South Side of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground, Kirkland, North of Peppercorn Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AQ
OS grid reference
SD 516 922
Coordinates
54.32342, -2.74495
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, now disused, is located on the south side of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground in Kendal. It was designed by John F. Curwen and completed in 1889. The fountain features two sandstone steps and has an octagonal shape. Atop the steps stands a monolithic stone obelisk, approximately 9 feet high, which is set on a corniced plinth block about 3 feet high. The obelisk is adorned with strapwork decoration on all four faces. On the south face, there is an arched recess that includes a waterspout and basin.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain on South Side of Abbot Hall Recreation Ground sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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