Fountain opposite RC Church, Loughans Road, Gilford, Co Down is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Fountain opposite RC Church, Loughans Road, Gilford, Co Down
- WRENN ID
- woven-gateway-bistre
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Constituency
- Upper Bann MP: Carla Lockhart (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 066 488
- Coordinates
- 54.37677, -6.35909
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The building is a water fountain located on Loughans Road, Gilford, County Down. Likely constructed between 1900 and 1919, it was designed with a plain, fluted column and a lion’s mouth spout. It is believed to be the work of Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock. The original pump mechanism has been removed, and the fountain itself was removed at an unspecified date, likely during the construction of new housing. Only the column and lion’s mouth spout now remain. The fountain was not depicted on the 1903-04 Ordnance Survey map, but did appear on the 1903/17 edition. Additional information can be found in the Environment Heritage Service report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond (January 1997). The structure exhibits industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Fountain opposite RC Church, Loughans Road, Gilford, Co Down receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow 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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