Diamond Jubilee Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 1974. House.
Diamond Jubilee Drinking Fountain
- WRENN ID
- night-lintel-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Diamond Jubilee Drinking Fountain, Overmonnow, Monmouth
- OS grid reference
- SO 504 124
- Coordinates
- 51.80853, -2.72051
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Diamond Jubilee Drinking Fountain is made of red sandstone ashlar and stands on a two-step plinth. It features a recessed Norman style arched alcove, with matching doorways at the adjacent Church of St. Thomas. The alcove is adorned with three-quarter columns and dog tooth decoration. Above the drinking basin, there is a relief of the royal insignia 'VR' and a crown. The basin is supported by colonnettes, and below it is a brass inscription that reads: 'ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION TO COMMEMORATE THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA.' There is also a dog trough located below the basin.
Local climate
Diamond Jubilee Drinking Fountain receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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