Fountain to north of St Fagans Castle in the Dutch Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 November 2003. Fountain.

Fountain to north of St Fagans Castle in the Dutch Garden

WRENN ID
first-hinge-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 November 2003
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain to north of St Fagans Castle in the Dutch Garden, Museum of Welsh Life
OS grid reference
ST 119 771
Coordinates
51.48668, -3.26893
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is an Italianate marble fountain located to the north of St Fagans Castle in the Dutch Garden. It features a scalloped pool that is edged with roll-moulded marble and set on a sandstone plinth. In the center of the fountain, there is a square plinth supporting a fountain adorned with four cherubs, which hold up a single vertical jet of water.

Local climate

Fountain to north of St Fagans Castle in the Dutch Garden 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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