Fountain, Silent Valley, Annalong, Newry, Co. Down is a Grade B2 listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 23 November 2007.
Fountain, Silent Valley, Annalong, Newry, Co. Down
- WRENN ID
- nether-plaster-weasel
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 23 November 2007
- Address
- Fountain, Silent Valley, Annalong, Newry, Co. Down, Carrigenagh Upper
- Irish grid reference
- J 307 214
- Coordinates
- 54.12595, -6.00048
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The building is a cast iron water fountain, likely dating from between 1920 and 1939. It is an unusual example, being larger and more robust than typical fountains installed when pressurized mains water became available. Originally located in Belfast, it was installed in its current position in the Silent Valley, close to the reservoir and other listed buildings associated with the water supply, around 1990.
The fountain has an octagonal base and a fluted column, topped with a fluted domical cap. A lion’s head spout is present, alongside a knurled handle on one side and a capped hydrant on the other. A cast inscription, “____FIELD KILMARNOCK”, identifies the manufacturer as Glenfield and Kennedy, a company that produced similar pumps throughout Northern Ireland. The fountain was installed as an ornamental feature and required pressurized mains water to operate. Further information can be found in the Environment Heritage Service report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, published in January 1997 (Pump no. 78).
Local climate
Fountain, Silent Valley, Annalong, Newry, Co. Down sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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