Fountain About 75 Metres East of Dillington House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Fountain.

Fountain About 75 Metres East of Dillington House

WRENN ID
patient-parapet-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1987
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
ST 368 155
Coordinates
50.93586, -2.9001
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a garden fountain and pond located about 75 metres east of Dillington House, dating from around 1840, although the centerpiece is believed to be from the 16th century. It is constructed from Ham stone and features a circular pond approximately 3 metres in diameter. The pond has a simple shaped coping or kerb with an ovolo moulding on the inside face. At the center of the pond is an octagonal plinth topped by what appears to be a barley-sugar twist chimney stack with a moulded top, likely originating from the original 16th-century house. This chimney stack is capped with a bell-hip scale-decorated feature that has a stiff-leaf finial. This fountain is noted as the only feature of interest in the garden to the east of Dillington House.

Local climate

Fountain About 75 Metres East of Dillington House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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