Drinking Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1998. Fountain.

Drinking Fountain

WRENN ID
grey-lantern-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 November 1998
Type
Fountain
Address
Drinking Fountain, Llangenny, the Vale of Grwyney, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 240 180
Coordinates
51.85599, -3.10446
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a drinking fountain made of coursed rock-faced stone. It features a shallow recess topped with a coped gable. Inside the recess, there is a shallow stone trough, an engraving that reads "1887," and an inserted tap.

Local climate

Drinking Fountain sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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