William Hopkin Thomas memorial Lamp and fountain. is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 July 1997. Villa. 1 related planning application.

William Hopkin Thomas memorial Lamp and fountain.

WRENN ID
tall-landing-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bridgend
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 July 1997
Type
Villa
Address
William Hopkin Thomas memorial Lamp and fountain., Maesteg, CF34 9BW
OS grid reference
SS 852 913
Coordinates
51.60924, -3.65804
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The William Hopkin Thomas memorial lamp and fountain is a Grade II listed structure made of pink polished granite and grey granite. It features a die raised on two stepped plinths, with water basins on two sides as well as the front and back. The inscriptions on these sides commemorate William Hopkin Thomas, a doctor, local benefactor, and chair of the local eisteddfodau, with one side in English and the other in Welsh. The die is adorned with delicate etched decoration and has a gabled shape. At the top, it supports a cylindrical domed structure that holds a heavy cast iron cross, which originally carried three fine lamps.

Local climate

William Hopkin Thomas memorial Lamp and fountain. sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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