Prince's Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 1999. Fountain. 1 related planning application.
Prince's Fountain
- WRENN ID
- muted-attic-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1999
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Prince's Fountain, Oystermouth, Mumbles, SA3 4DP
- OS grid reference
- SS 618 879
- Coordinates
- 51.57315, -3.99559
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Prince's Fountain is a tall monumental fountain built from coursed dressed stone at the front, with coursed rock-faced stone on the sides and random rubble at the rear. The front features a recess with a round-headed rusticated arch that has a stressed keystone. Inside the arch is a cast iron bowl shaped like a shell, along with a lion's head tap. Behind the lion's head is a tablet with engraved letters that records the gift of the land by the Duke of Beaufort. Above the arch is another tablet that notes the fountain's restoration in 1977.
Above a moulded cornice, there is a larger inset tablet with engraved letters that states: 'Erected by Voluntary Contributions to commemorate the marriage of His Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra on the 10th of March AD 1863'. Above another moulded cornice is a low gabled parapet that is engraved with the words 'Prince's Fountain'. The cornices and parapet extend around the side walls as well.
Local climate
Prince's Fountain 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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