Steven Memorial Fountain, Esplanade, Ayr is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 January 1980. Fountain. 1 related planning application.
Steven Memorial Fountain, Esplanade, Ayr
- WRENN ID
- final-trefoil-hemlock
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1980
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- NS 331 217
- Coordinates
- 55.46136, -4.64108
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Steven Memorial Fountain, located on the Esplanade in Ayr, was designed by the Steven Brothers and is dated 1892. This painted cast-iron fountain features a four-stage design. It has a circular lipped base and a square-plan pedestal with disengaged angle shafts. The fountain is adorned with nautical decorative detailing and displays the Burgh Arms plaque on all faces. Above, a large basin is naturally moulded, supported by dolphins and putti that hold up a smaller basin. The upper basin is supported by a baluster and is topped with an otter on a ball finial, which holds a fish in its mouth.
Local climate
Steven Memorial Fountain, Esplanade, Ayr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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