Memorial Fountain, High Street, Ardersier is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 2015. Fountain. 6 related planning applications.
Memorial Fountain, High Street, Ardersier
- WRENN ID
- keen-stair-rowan
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 June 2015
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- NH 781 553
- Coordinates
- 57.57135, -4.03892
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Memorial Fountain in High Street, Ardersier, was created by Walter Macfarlane and Company of Saracen Foundry in Glasgow in 1901. This painted cast iron fountain commemorates the reign of Queen Victoria and is set on an octagonal concrete base with two steps, making it a prominent feature in the center of the village. A plaque on the north side reads, "by public subscription in commemoration of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria 1837-1901." The fountain has four decorative lion heads on the pedestal, which supports a quatrefoil-shaped basin adorned with foliate and floral relief. The basin is topped with a splayed pedestal that is decorated with foliage, birds, and a large urn. As of 2014, the fountain is no longer functioning.
Local climate
Memorial Fountain, High Street, Ardersier receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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