Drinking fountain near railway crossing is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. A Victorian Drinking fountain.
Drinking fountain near railway crossing
- WRENN ID
- blind-bailey-ash
- 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
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Drinking fountain near railway crossing, Duke Street, Askam and Ireleth
- OS grid reference
- SD 214 776
- Coordinates
- 54.18859, -3.20462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This drinking fountain, located near a railway crossing on Duke Street in Askam in Furness, was built in 1897 by Walter MacFarlane and Co of Glasgow. It is made of cast iron and features a four-columned umbrella design resting on a stone plinth. The fluted columns have ornamental bases and capitals that support moulded and cusped arches, which are adorned with pierced spandrels and corner dragons.
Above each arch are roundels, with the one facing Duke Street inscribed with the cartouche stating "ERECTED IN MEMORY OF HER MAJESTYS DIAMOND JUBILEE" and the motto "KEEP THE PAVEMENT DRY." The canopy is pierced and topped with a crown finial. Beneath the canopy, the fountain has a broad bowl supported by a clustered column. The rear roundel of the canopy features a depiction of Queen Victoria, while the side roundels each display a heron.
There is a matching fountain located at Dalton-in-Furness in the Market Place.
Local climate
Drinking fountain near railway crossing 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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