Fountain and Pond Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 2001. Fountain.
Fountain and Pond Walls
- WRENN ID
- empty-doorway-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 2001
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Fountain and Pond Walls, Morrab Gardens, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 472 300
- Coordinates
- 50.11653, -5.53722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fountain and pond walls in Morrab Gardens, Penzance, date from the late 19th century and are made of cast iron. The fountain features a large pedestal base adorned with relief friezes depicting scallop shells, starfish, and festoons of sea shells. At the corners, there are dolphins, and between them, cherubs ride turtles that spout water. Above this, a large gadrooned basin supports a smaller basin topped with a globe, on which an otter holds a fish in its mouth. The fountain is set in a shallow pond that is surrounded by a low wall made of small granite boulders. Morrab Gardens were established in the grounds of Morrab House, which is listed as grade II, following a design competition won by Reginald Upcher of London in 1889.
Local climate
Fountain and Pond Walls sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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