Roach Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 August 1981. Fountain. 4 related planning applications.

Roach Fountain

WRENN ID
ghost-arch-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 August 1981
Type
Fountain
Address
Roach Fountain, St. David's and the Cathedral Close, SA62 6SE
OS grid reference
SM 753 253
Coordinates
51.88112, -5.26586
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Roach Fountain is a late 18th or early 19th century structure constructed entirely from turned silver granite. It comprises a pedestal supporting a large circular basin with a central turned baluster shaft leading to a smaller upper basin. A baluster centrepiece and a ball finial top the fountain. The basins were infilled during restoration work in 1974. Four cast iron posts are positioned around the fountain.

Local climate

Roach Fountain sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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