Drinking Fountain, Alexandra Parade, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 June 1992. Fountain.

Drinking Fountain, Alexandra Parade, Glasgow

WRENN ID
moated-attic-tarn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North East MP: Maureen Burke (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 June 1992
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NS 618 655
Coordinates
55.86314, -4.20958
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a late 19th century cast-iron drinking fountain located on Alexandra Parade in Glasgow. It was likely produced by one of the nearby foundries. The fountain features a variant design of a common type, with four columns that support an ornate domed top. Below the dome, there is a fountain, and a raised basin is topped with a figure.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain, Alexandra Parade, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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