Fountain No.1, Andrew’s Shorefield, Balloo Lower, Groomsport, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 6LJ is a Grade B2 listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 20 December 2012.
Fountain No.1, Andrew’s Shorefield, Balloo Lower, Groomsport, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 6LJ
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-flagstone-amber
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- North Down MP: Alex Easton (Ind)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 20 December 2012
- Address
- Fountain No.1, Andrew’s Shorefield, Balloo Lower, Groomsport, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 6LJ, Baloo Lower, BT19 6LJ
- Irish grid reference
- J 544 832
- Coordinates
- 54.67346, -5.6071
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The building is a cast iron pillar drinking water fountain installed around 1920 to serve a small development of timber holiday chalets. Such developments were once common in seaside resort areas but are gradually being replaced by permanent housing. The fountain is situated to the south-west of the green at Andrew's Shorefield, Groomsport. It is of cast-iron construction throughout, featuring a fluted column and cap with an acorn finial. A plain spout is present, with a tap on the left when viewed from the road. There is no bucket bracket at the base, and no indication that one was ever installed. The top of the column is inscribed in raised letters "GLENFIELD & KENNEDY LD KILMARNOCK" and the plinth is inscribed "GLENFIELD”.
The surrounding area began to develop as a resort area from the late 1920s, with caravan parks and chalets at Andrew's Shorefield first shown on the 1939 Ordnance Survey map. The fountain is presumed to be contemporary with this resort development and was cast by Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd. of Kilmarnock. This company was formed by Thomas Kennedy, who perfected a water meter design in 1852 and later merged with The Glenfield Co. Ltd. to become a large engineering business. The fountain is of interest for its style, proportion, ornamentation, setting, and group value and has local historical interest.
Local climate
Fountain No.1, Andrew’s Shorefield, Balloo Lower, Groomsport, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 6LJ sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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