Fountain to South of Dyffryn House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 September 1992. Fountain.

Fountain to South of Dyffryn House

WRENN ID
muffled-flue-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 September 1992
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain to South of Dyffryn House, St. Nicholas and Bonvilston
OS grid reference
ST 095 722
Coordinates
51.44209, -3.30333
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a large, Chinese style bronze fountain located to the south of Dyffryn House. It features a scalloped cup with a dragon, from whose mouth water flows, and lion's faces below. The entire structure is supported by a gadrooned base.

Local climate

Fountain to South of Dyffryn House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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