Memorial drinking fountain and railings is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 2003. Drinking fountain.
Memorial drinking fountain and railings
- WRENN ID
- muted-sentry-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 December 2003
- Type
- Drinking fountain
- Address
- Memorial drinking fountain and railings, Alltwen, Swansea, Cilybebyll
- OS grid reference
- SN 725 033
- Coordinates
- 51.71446, -3.84563
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a Gothic drinking fountain made of grey and pink granite, built on a square plan. It features a two-step plinth with a base that has a chamfered top, followed by a step with a deep chamfer and a cornice moulding above. The fountain itself has a pink granite face with an arched recess over moulded half-bowl projections at the front and rear, framed by angle columns of grey granite that support a large spire-type finial. The left face of the fountain has an inscription that reads, "This fountain was erected by the inhabitants of Alltwen and district in memory of the late Howel Gwyn Esq JP DL Dyffryn Neath Sept 4th 1895," while the right face features the Welsh inscription, "Adailadwyd y ffynonell Hon can breswylwyr Alltwen a'r Gymmydocaeth er cof am y dwieddar Howel Gwyn Yswr JP DL Dyffryn Neath Sept 4th 1895." The base of the spire is surrounded by heavy plain gables on each face, and the spire itself is four-sided with a moulded pink granite string course. Above this, the spire becomes octagonal and features a bronze ring and socket at the top, which may have once held a finial. The fountain is enclosed by a square arrangement of spearhead iron railings with top and bottom rails and larger stanchions.
Local climate
Memorial drinking fountain and railings 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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