Drinking Fountain, The Links, Burntisland is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 March 1995. Drinking fountain.

Drinking Fountain, The Links, Burntisland

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 March 1995
Type
Drinking fountain
OS grid reference
NT 235 859
Coordinates
56.05996, -3.23006
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This drinking fountain, located at The Links in Burntisland, is designed in a cast-iron, baldacchino style. It features a domed fountainhead that is square in section and encloses a cherub above a basin with a fluted shaft. The fountain is painted black and gold, showcasing heavy decorations. The corners of the fountainhead are adorned with acroteria that terminate in ball and spike finials. On the southern side, there is a medallion bearing the Burntisland Coat-of-Arms, and the dome is topped with a spiked filigreed finial. Additionally, crocodiles are depicted on the inside of the capitals.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain, The Links, Burntisland receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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