Fountain, George Street, Stranraer is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1998. Fountain.

Fountain, George Street, Stranraer

WRENN ID
young-basalt-wind
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 1998
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NX 059 608
Coordinates
54.90459, -5.02841
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The drinking fountain located on George Street in Stranraer was designed by Walter Macfarlane & Co and completed in 1897. It is made of cast iron and features a stepped stone platform. The fountain is supported by four fluted decorative columns that hold up a domed canopy, which is topped with a decorative finial. Below the canopy is a circular basin, from which a gilded bird rises on a foliate stalk.

On the north elevation, there is a gilt relief bust of Queen Victoria. The south elevation displays the burgh arms along with the motto "Tutissima Statio." Both the west and east elevations feature the inscription, "The pavement, keep dry. Erected by the town council in commemoration of Queen Victoria's record reign 1897."

Local climate

Fountain, George Street, Stranraer sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% 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 0.3°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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