Drinking Fountain in Grounds of Brewery Arts Centre to South West of No 118 is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain in Grounds of Brewery Arts Centre to South West of No 118

WRENN ID
hallowed-eave-oak
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 in Grounds of Brewery Arts Centre to South West of No 118, Highgate, Kendal
OS grid reference
SD 514 923
Coordinates
54.32459, -2.74827
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, now disused, dates from the late 19th century and is located in the grounds of the Brewery Arts Centre, southwest of number 118. It was moved to its current site from outside Windermere railway station in the late 20th century. The fountain features a moulded limestone plinth and a stepped cornice, with snecked slate infill on each face between rough-dressed, margined limestone quoins. It is octagonal in shape and approximately 7 feet high, topped with a cast-iron lamp that is also around 7 feet tall. The alternate faces of the fountain have carved limestone lion's-head spouts with projecting marble bowls underneath, as well as a small semicircular aperture in the plinth. The cornice is decorated with incised 'stencil' patterns. The lamp includes foliate consoles attached to a patterned octagonal base, and a fluted column that supports a tapered lantern with a finial at the pyramidal top.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain in Grounds of Brewery Arts Centre to South West of No 118 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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