Fountain to SW of St. Peter's church is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 December 1996. Fountain.

Fountain to SW of St. Peter's church

WRENN ID
winding-doorway-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Rhondda and Ogmore MP: Chris Bryant (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 December 1996
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain to SW of St. Peter's church, Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
SS 969 961
Coordinates
51.65455, -3.4912
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The fountain located southwest of St. Peter's Church is a four-sided structure made of intricately carved stone in a Celtic style, set on a base of three stone steps. Each side features a trefoil-headed arch, defined by cable moulding, with capitals and square piers that have plinths adorned with interlace panels on all four sides. Above each arch is a panel decorated with Celtic interlace motifs, topped by a shallow half-hipped gable that has a heavy foliage boss at its base and is enhanced with a fishscale pattern. This gable connects to a short square-topped spirelet that ends in cable moulding. Each arcade contains a semi-circular basin, and together the four basins form a quatrefoil shape. The deep, splayed bases of the piers, which are also enriched with interlace, rise from a plain chamfered base. Two of the basins bear inscriptions that read 'Heb Dduw Heb Ddim' and 'Duw a Digon'.

Local climate

Fountain to SW of St. Peter's church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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