Doulton Fountain, Glasgow Green, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Fountain.

Doulton Fountain, Glasgow Green, Glasgow

WRENN ID
old-oriel-rowan
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NS 601 643
Coordinates
55.85167, -4.23621
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Doulton Fountain is an elaborate terra-cotta fountain designed by A E Pearce of Doulton's for the 1888 Glasgow Empire Exhibition. It was moved to its current location in Glasgow Green in 1890. The fountain features three tiered basins set within a wide outer basin, adorned with figures that represent the British Empire, and is topped by a statue of Queen Victoria.

Local climate

Doulton Fountain, Glasgow Green, 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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