Gladstone Memorial Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 November 1994. Fountain.
Gladstone Memorial Fountain
- WRENN ID
- solemn-screen-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Alyn and Deeside MP: Sir Mark Tami (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1994
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Gladstone Memorial Fountain, Hawarden
- OS grid reference
- SJ 315 657
- Coordinates
- 53.18461, -3.02542
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Gladstone Memorial Fountain is a three-sided stone structure designed in a municipal Renaissance style. It features a dedication plaque on the south face and relief portraits of William Ewart Gladstone and his wife, located in roundels on the west and east faces, respectively. Each face is adorned with swagged surrounds and topped with a classical flaming urn finial. The upper half of each face includes the inscription "Drink ye... the water... of life," positioned beneath arched cornices.
The base of the fountain has a moulded plinth with scrolled corners. At the north corner, there is a sculpted, armed putto sitting astride a dolphin, while the other corners feature griffins that bear the arms of the Glynnes and the Gladstones. The lower sections are decorated with acanthus motifs and central lozenges that contain lion's heads. Currently, the fountain is disused.
Local climate
Gladstone Memorial Fountain receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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