Sir George Sinclair Memorial Fountain, Sir John's Square, Thurso is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 August 1979. Fountain.

Sir George Sinclair Memorial Fountain, Sir John's Square, Thurso

WRENN ID
fading-lime-jet
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 August 1979
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
ND 115 683
Coordinates
58.59378, -3.52274
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Sir George Sinclair Memorial Fountain, located in Sir John's Square in Thurso, was built in 1874. This square Gothic stone fountain features a moulded plinth with a drinking bowl that projects from the northwest face. Each face of the fountain has a recessed cusped arch supported by nook shafts, with a relief medallion on the northwest side and inscriptions on the other sides. The fountain is adorned with crocketted gablets and has a short pyramidal spire that showcases fish scale detailing and a crocketted finial.

Local climate

Sir George Sinclair Memorial Fountain, Sir John's Square, Thurso sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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