Memorial Fountain in St David's Chuchyard Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Merthyr Tydfil local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 January 1988. Fountain.
Memorial Fountain in St David's Chuchyard Wall
- WRENN ID
- lesser-porch-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Memorial Fountain in St David's Chuchyard Wall, Town
- OS grid reference
- SO 049 062
- Coordinates
- 51.74705, -3.37802
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The memorial fountain located in the churchyard wall of St David's was established to commemorate the marriage of the Prince of Wales on 10 March 1863. It features inscriptions that read, "To commemorate the marriage of the Prince of Wales, 10 March 1863"; "Willis Brothers - Sculpts London"; and "Cast by the Coalbrookdale Co".
The fountain is designed with a coped kneelered gable made of stugged masonry, and it has an arched outlet at the base. The painted ironwork is shaped like a sinuous cartouche, adorned with a cherub overthrow, foliage trails, and figures representing Christ and The Samaritan Woman, accompanied by the text "Drinketh ...2 (John IV.13.14)". There is a central niche that holds the fountain bowl.
Local climate
Memorial Fountain in St David's Chuchyard Wall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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