Harford Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 March 1992. House.
Harford Fountain
- WRENN ID
- roaming-quoin-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1992
- Type
- House
- Address
- Harford Fountain, Lampeter
- OS grid reference
- SN 577 481
- Coordinates
- 52.11293, -4.07844
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Harford Fountain is a fountain made of grey Forest of Dean stone. It features a squat obelisk sitting on a large panelled pedestal base, with iron spigots on each side. These spigots are supported by wrought-iron cruciform structures and have brass fox-mask mouths. The obelisk displays a raised shield on each side; one side features the carved Harford Arms along with an inscription noting that the fountain was a gift from J S Harford of Peterwell. The rear of the obelisk has an inscription from St John 4, 13-14. In front of each face of the obelisk, there is a semi-circular basin, and the entire structure is mounted on a stone platform with corner blocks and two steps on each side.
Local climate
Harford Fountain sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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