Richardson's Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1991. Drinking fountain.

Richardson's Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
tilted-keep-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1991
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Richardson's Drinking Fountain, Harrogate Road, Ripon
OS grid reference
SE 309 707
Coordinates
54.13193, -1.52767
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Richardson's Drinking Fountain is a drinking fountain built in 1758. It is made of ashlar stone and features rusticated piers that flank a central small round-headed niche. This niche contains a broken spout and a semi-circular bowl supported by a small bracket. Above the niche is a shallow pediment inscribed with the words "THIS WELL WAS GIVEN FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIC BY W RICHARDSON ESQ MD 1758," which is flanked by acroteria.

Local climate

Richardson's Drinking Fountain receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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