Drinking Fountain in Llansilin village is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 2003. Drinking fountain, monument.
Drinking Fountain in Llansilin village
- WRENN ID
- long-quartz-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 September 2003
- Type
- Drinking fountain, monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 209 281
- Coordinates
- 52.84539, -3.1757
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This drinking fountain and horse trough, located in Llansilin village, is made of brown sandstone and stands about 2 meters high. It is designed as a square pillar with a rounded and decorated pediment on each face, topped with a ball finial on a large base. The front features a recess that contains a damaged bronze tap. The fountain is set on a two-step plinth that includes a small round water basin, surrounded by a kerb and cobbled area.
Local climate
Drinking Fountain in Llansilin village receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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