Colvin Fountain, High Street, Moffat is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Fountain.

Colvin Fountain, High Street, Moffat

WRENN ID
odd-corridor-gold
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NT 084 053
Coordinates
55.33367, -3.44482
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Colvin Fountain, located on High Street in Moffat, was sculpted by William Brodie of Edinburgh in 1875. The fountain features a bronze ram positioned on a tall plinth made of boulders, which is accompanied by four polished granite drinking basins.

Local climate

Colvin Fountain, High Street, Moffat sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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