Horse Trough and Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 August 1999. Trough and fountain.

Horse Trough and Fountain

WRENN ID
hollow-chimney-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 August 1999
Type
Trough and fountain
Address
Horse Trough and Fountain, Golden Grove Village, Carmarthen, Llanfihangel Aberbythych
OS grid reference
SN 590 197
Coordinates
51.85865, -4.04864
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a limestone horse trough and fountain located in a recess in the wall of Golden Grove park. The trough measures approximately 0.4 meters by 1.5 meters. Above the trough, there is a superstructure featuring a round-headed alcove that houses a broken water spout. The alcove has an informal pediment, which displays an inscription and is topped with a coronetted finial.

Local climate

Horse Trough and Fountain sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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