Fountain No.3 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.3
- WRENN ID
- eastward-pilaster-weasel
- 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.3, Fountain No.3 Andrew’S Shorefield Balloo Lower Groomsport Bangor Co Down BT19 6LJ, Baloo Lower, BT19 6LJ
- Irish grid reference
- J 544 833
- Coordinates
- 54.67424, -5.60629
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The fountain is a cast iron pillar drinking water fountain installed between 1920 and 1939 to serve a small development of timber holiday chalets, a type of resort once common in seaside areas but now increasingly rare. Its group value stems from its survival in its original setting, making it a good example of such fountains.
The fountain is located to the north-east of the green at Andrew’s Shorefield, Groomsport. It is constructed entirely of cast iron, featuring a fluted column topped with a cap and acorn finial. A plain spout is positioned on one side, with a tap on the left when viewed from the road. There is no bucket bracket at the base, and no evidence that one was ever present. An inscription in raised letters, "GLENFIELD & KENNEDY LD KILMARNOCK", appears near the top of the column, while the plinth is inscribed with "GLENFIELD".
The stretch of coast to the east of Groomsport began to develop as a resort area in the late 1920s, with caravan parks and chalets at Andrew’s Shorefield first depicted on the 1939 Ordnance Survey map. The fountain was cast by Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd. of Kilmarnock, a company founded by Thomas Kennedy, who had previously invented a water meter patented in 1852, subsequently evolving into a large valve and hydraulic engineering business. The company’s formation and growth involved a merger of “The Kennedy Patent Water Meter Co. Ltd.” and The Glenfield Co. Ltd. in 1899.
Local climate
Fountain No.3 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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