Lewis Memorial Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 April 1993. Ruin.
Lewis Memorial Fountain
- WRENN ID
- cold-gable-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1993
- Type
- Ruin
- Address
- Lewis Memorial Fountain, Llandovery
- OS grid reference
- SN 767 343
- Coordinates
- 51.99404, -3.79664
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Lewis Memorial Fountain is a tall memorial fountain made of polished red Aberdeen granite, located within a square cobbled enclosure. It features a large shallow circular bowl set on a round pedestal with a moulded plinth. The bowl is gadrooned and has a prominent centrepiece, which is a very large turned baluster pedestal supporting a second similar shallow basin. This second basin also has a centrepiece turned baluster topped with a cross finial. The fountain is elevated on two unpolished granite steps that are octagonal in shape and is inscribed on four sides. The western side bears the inscription, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me." The southern side reads, "The beloved physician," while the northern side states, "Blessed are the merciful." The eastern side commemorates Doctor Frederick Williams Lewis, noting, "In loving memory of Doctor Frederick Williams Lewis MRCS LSA Lon. Born May 8 1851 Died Nov 25 1899. This fountain is erected by his friends the Rev Thomas Evans JP and Mrs Evans of Henllys 1901."
Local climate
Lewis Memorial Fountain sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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