Drinking Fountain at Junction Wityh Abbey Road is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain at Junction Wityh Abbey Road
- WRENN ID
- winding-rampart-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1976
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain at Junction Wityh Abbey Road, Breast Mill Beck Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 216 723
- Coordinates
- 54.14089, -3.20039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This drinking fountain, located at the junction with Abbey Road in Barrow-in-Furness, dates from 1873 and was re-erected in 1910. It is made of red sandstone and features a round-cornered trough that has the inscription 'RE ERECTED 1910.' The trough is positioned beneath an iron spout, which is set in a recess under a chamfered Gothic arch. There is a date plaque located under the gable, which includes kneelers, chamfered copings, and a spiralled iron stem intended for a gas lamp.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain at Junction Wityh Abbey Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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