Fountain, Brechin Castle, Brechin is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Fountain. 1 related planning application.

Fountain, Brechin Castle, Brechin

WRENN ID
grey-stronghold-flax
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain, Brechin Castle, Brechin, DD9 6SG
OS grid reference
NO 592 596
Coordinates
56.72707, -2.66686
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The fountain at Brechin Castle is a late 19th-century structure made of stone. It features a round-topped design with a scalloped bowl and a decorative sea-serpent. At the base, there is a trough inscribed with the words "Drink and be Thankful" in Gothic letters.

Local climate

Fountain, Brechin Castle, Brechin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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