Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Drinking fountain.
Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- lunar-stair-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Drinking Fountain, the Borough, Montacute
- OS grid reference
- ST 498 169
- Coordinates
- 50.9497, -2.71595
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking fountain, located in the center of Montacute, was built in 1902 and rebuilt in 1983. Designed by A. R. Powys, it is made of Ham stone and has a circular plan featuring a central shaft and three outer piers connected by quasi-flying buttresses. The bottom trough occupies two of the three segments and includes drain holes in the returns against the central pier. The outer piers are square with moulded, slightly-hipped tops, while the central pier is hexagonal, featuring a plain frieze band and a matching cap. On the east face of the central pier, there is a small niche, and the frieze includes a panel inscribed 'ER 1902'. Powys was the son of a vicar from Montacute, and the fountain was erected by the village to commemorate the Coronation of Edward VII. It has been repeatedly damaged by traffic and was reconstructed by the National Trust, with information attached to the fountain.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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