Public Fountain, Makerston Place, Largs is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Fountain.

Public Fountain, Makerston Place, Largs

WRENN ID
burning-newel-heron
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 September 1982
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NS 201 590
Coordinates
55.79095, -4.86976
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The public fountain at Makerston Place in Largs dates from around 1873 and is made of polished white and red granite. It features a tiered design with a quatrefoil basin sitting on a raised plinth, supported by squat angle columns. The second basin is held up by a solid central column and four banded columns, each with gabled bases and foliated capitals. Above this, a smaller upper basin rests on a banded clustered column. The fountain is inscribed with the words, "The people of Largs to John Campbell for 61 years their beloved physician. Born 1791, died 1873."

Local climate

Public Fountain, Makerston Place, Largs sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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