Ornamental fountain and basin at Trawsgoed House is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 September 1996. Fountain.

Ornamental fountain and basin at Trawsgoed House

WRENN ID
wild-pilaster-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
6 September 1996
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
SN 670 730
Coordinates
52.33924, -3.95304
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The ornamental fountain and basin at Trawsgoed House is a Grade II listed structure. It features a broad circular basin surrounded by a low terracotta wall with a rope-moulded top. This wall is interrupted by eight short plinths that support large terracotta urns. Surrounding the outside of the basin are eight former flowerbeds, each outlined by a dwarf terracotta border with a rope mould, designed in a segmental shape to create lobes that connect to the main basin. At the center of the fountain is a large cast-iron lower basin with a moulded rim. Rising from this lower basin is an upper part that features a small bowl on a baluster pedestal adorned with lion masks. Above this, three dolphins support a top circular base that holds a figure with a snake.

Local climate

Ornamental fountain and basin at Trawsgoed House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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