Memorial Fountain to Henry Evans Charles is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 March 1987. Monument.
Memorial Fountain to Henry Evans Charles
- WRENN ID
- little-crypt-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Swansea West MP: Torsten Bell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Memorial Fountain to Henry Evans Charles, Castle
- OS grid reference
- SS 643 922
- Coordinates
- 51.61262, -3.96024
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a memorial fountain dedicated to Henry Evans Charles, designed as a stepped granite obelisk. It features moulded cappings and a basin. A fine bronze portrait roundel in relief is positioned above an inscription tablet. At the rear, there is a brick support. The sculptor of this piece is not known.
Local climate
Memorial Fountain to Henry Evans Charles sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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