Drinking Fountain in Wall to South of Summer House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain in Wall to South of Summer House
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain in Wall to South of Summer House, Lambrook Street, Glastonbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 502 390
- Coordinates
- 51.14818, -2.71226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain, located in the wall to the south of the Summer House on Lambrook Street, dates from the late 19th century and is designed in a Neo-Romanesque style. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features polished red marble columns. The fountain has a triangular gablet above a blind round-headed arch that consists of two orders, decorated with chevron patterns. The outer order is supported by two marble columns, which have ashlar capitals, annulets, and bases. The capitals are ornately carved with lively depictions of hunting animals and dragons. Inside the arch, there is a fluted marble basin that resembles a Romanesque piscina, and above it, a niche contains a brass outlet pipe. The apex of the gablet features carved fishscale detail, a hand pointing to the right, and the inscription 'To the Tor' in a Gothic script. This drinking fountain is part of a group that includes the Summer House and the properties at Nos 86 to 90 (even) High Street, and Nos 2 and 4 Bove Town.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain in Wall to South of Summer House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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