Fountain, Wilson Memorial, Fochabers is a Grade C listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 March 1988. Fountain.

Fountain, Wilson Memorial, Fochabers

WRENN ID
dreaming-threshold-foxglove
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 March 1988
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NJ 342 589
Coordinates
57.61571, -3.10219
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Wilson Memorial Fountain in Fochabers, dated 1893, is a hexagonal structure set on a stepped base made of red and grey polished granite. It features a facetted tapering canopy that is supported by six polished granite shafts, each topped with cusped heads. The fountain is adorned with a decorative cast-iron finial.

Local climate

Fountain, Wilson Memorial, Fochabers sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. War Memorial, Fochabers Grade B 31 m
  2. West Lodges, Gordon Castle Grade A 136 m
  3. 89 High Street, Fochabers Grade C 179 m
  4. 87 High Street, Fochabers Grade C 188 m
  5. Garden Wall Fronting Ben Aliskay, West Street, Fochabers Grade B 191 m
  6. 85 High Street, Fochabers Grade C 196 m
  7. Monair, 83 High Street, Fochabers Grade C 213 m
  8. 81 High Street, Fochabers Grade C 225 m
  9. Fulton House, 70 High Street, Fochabers Grade C 235 m
  10. Bank Of Scotland, 79 High Street, Fochabers Grade B 241 m