Lead Cistern in the east forecourt of St Fagans Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 October 1977. Cemetery.

Lead Cistern in the east forecourt of St Fagans Castle

WRENN ID
salt-alcove-equinox
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
6 October 1977
Type
Cemetery
Address
Lead Cistern in the east forecourt of St Fagans Castle, Museum of Welsh Life
OS grid reference
ST 120 771
Coordinates
51.48643, -3.26856
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lead cistern located in the east forecourt of St Fagans Castle is a large circular structure measuring about 2 meters in diameter and 1.3 meters in height. Its outer face features a double row of panels, most of which are framed with arcading and adorned with a floriated pattern. This cistern is notable for being one of the earliest surviving examples of its kind.

Local climate

Lead Cistern in the east forecourt of St Fagans Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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