Wall And Railings, Garden, Drinking Fountain, West Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 March 2001. Drinking fountain, garden, wall, railings.

Wall And Railings, Garden, Drinking Fountain, West Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry

WRENN ID
swift-bronze-dock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 March 2001
Type
Drinking fountain, garden, wall, railings
Address
Wall And Railings, Garden, Drinking Fountain, West Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry, EH30 9LL
OS grid reference
NT 129 783
Coordinates
55.99015, -3.39671
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The drinking fountain, located in the gardens at West Terrace on High Street in South Queensferry, dates from the earlier 20th century. It is made of grey granite and features cast-iron dressings. The fountain has two foresteps that form a plinth, with a central oval niche that holds a basin. The upper part of the niche is adorned with shell moulding, and there is a dedication stone at the top with Art Nouveau decorations.

The gardens are designed in a horseshoe shape and include stepped areas with rubble steps, as well as granite steps at each end.

The walls and railings consist of a coped, square and snecked rubble wall that has an inverted bow shape, topped with half-ball finials. There are stairs at each end of the wall, with half lamp standards positioned at the heads of the stairs.

Local climate

Wall And Railings, Garden, Drinking Fountain, West Terrace, High Street, South Queensferry receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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