Drinking Fountain, High Street, Musselburgh is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 May 1985. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain, High Street, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
final-mullion-nettle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 May 1985
Type
Drinking fountain
OS grid reference
NT 342 726
Coordinates
55.94215, -3.05399
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, located on High Street in Musselburgh, dates from the late 19th century and is designed in the Free Renaissance style. It has an octagonal shape with carved panels on the shorter sides. The main faces feature conch-headed niches that are set in pilasters, each with cast-iron spouts and polished granite basins below. Above these are console keyblocks, although many details have eroded over time. The fountain is topped with a cornice that displays a Vitruvian scroll. Its ogival top is decorated with a fish-scale pattern between the ribs and is finished with a sculpted finial. The fountain is set on two shallow circular steps.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain, High Street, Musselburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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