Fountain, High Street, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Fountain. 4 related planning applications.

Fountain, High Street, Dumfries

WRENN ID
outer-wall-sorrel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NX 972 760
Coordinates
55.06793, -3.61007
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The iron fountain located on High Street in Dumfries was cast by Smith's Foundry in Glasgow and was erected in 1882 under the supervision of Crombie. It features a circular red ashlar basin and consists of three tiered circular basins with conch edges that decrease in size. The underside of each basin is decorated with flowers and leaves. At the base of the lowest basin, there are four cherubs holding fishes. The second basin is supported by dolphin figures and has a Corinthianesque capital above it, while the small bowl under the jet is supported by stork figures.

Local climate

Fountain, High Street, Dumfries sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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