Fountain, Cove Road And Caldwell Road, Gourock is a Grade C listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 March 1994. Fountain.

Fountain, Cove Road And Caldwell Road, Gourock

WRENN ID
lapsed-marble-thistle
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 March 1994
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NS 251 772
Coordinates
55.95676, -4.80279
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This early 20th century fountain is located at the junction of Cove Road and Caldwell Road in Gourock. It features a small polished red granite basin set on a square granite base. The fountain has a short drum pillar adorned with an acanthus neckband. At the top, a shallow circular basin holds a substantial die, which has carved lionhead spouts on all sides. The fountain is topped with a short bronze pole designed in a barley-sugar twist.

Local climate

Fountain, Cove Road And Caldwell Road, Gourock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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