Fountain Gardens, Paisley is a Grade A listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 June 1980. Fountain.
Fountain Gardens, Paisley
- WRENN ID
- bitter-column-nettle
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP: Alison Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1980
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- NS 480 645
- Coordinates
- 55.85038, -4.42875
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Fountain Gardens in Paisley features an ornate, multi-tiered cast-iron fountain created by G Smith and Co, iron founders, in 1868. This fountain is designed in an elaborate classical style, adorned with decorative putti and walrus heads. It is set within a circular basin that contains four full-size walrus sculptures, all surrounded by a perimeter of mock rocks.
Local climate
Fountain Gardens, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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