Drinking Fountain Against North-West Corner of Churchyard Wall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain Against North-West Corner of Churchyard Wall
- WRENN ID
- quartered-jamb-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain Against North-West Corner of Churchyard Wall, Mill Lane, Burton Leonard
- OS grid reference
- SE 327 638
- Coordinates
- 54.06983, -1.50096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This drinking fountain, located against the north-west corner of the churchyard wall, dates from the mid-19th century. It is made of cast iron by Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock. Standing approximately 1.2 metres high, the fountain features a fluted column with a roll-moulded base and collar, and a lion mask spout. It is topped with a fluted domed cover that has a bud finial and a handle mount on the right. The fountain is included for its group value.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain Against North-West Corner of Churchyard Wall 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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