Fountain Pool to east of Stable Courtyard is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 September 1998. Fountain.

Fountain Pool to east of Stable Courtyard

WRENN ID
standing-cloister-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 September 1998
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain Pool to east of Stable Courtyard, Glynllifon, Llandwrog
OS grid reference
SH 456 553
Coordinates
53.07312, -4.30595
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Fountain Pool, located to the east of the Stable Courtyard, is a long pool with concrete sides designed in a lobed cruciform shape. The central fountain is currently broken. In the forecourt at the north-west end, there is a relocated Gothic drinking fountain that is dated 1874.

Local climate

Fountain Pool to east of Stable Courtyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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