Fountain Adjoining North East Corner of Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. A C19 Fountain.
Fountain Adjoining North East Corner of Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- still-arch-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1986
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Fountain Adjoining North East Corner of Town Hall, DL8 5AN
- OS grid reference
- SE 111 905
- Coordinates
- 54.31007, -1.82998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a drinking fountain located at the north-east corner of the Town Hall in Leyburn, dating from the mid-19th century. Made of cast iron, the fountain is cylindrical and stands approximately 1 metre high. It features a fluted shaft on a base, with a lion mask that formerly had spouts, a hemispherical cap, and an acorn finial on top. There is also a projecting rest for water containers.
Local climate
Fountain Adjoining North East Corner of Town Hall receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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