Fountain in Craig-y-nos courtyard is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 April 2005. Fountain. 3 related planning applications.
Fountain in Craig-y-nos courtyard
- WRENN ID
- stark-pillar-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 April 2005
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Fountain in Craig-y-nos courtyard, Swansea, Tawe-Uchaf, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SN 840 154
- Coordinates
- 51.82556, -3.68443
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The building is an elaborate bronzed cast-metal fountain, constructed in a belle époque style. The fountain’s base features figures of four dolphins, their tails supporting a plinth shaped like a Corinthian capital. This plinth supports a basin with overlapping petals from which rises a figure of a stork, its neck outstretched, beak pointing upwards, and one wing raised. The fountain is situated in a circular pool edged with stone.
Local climate
Fountain in Craig-y-nos courtyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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