Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Jubilee Fountain to the N of Pierce's Memorial
Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Denbigh -Town, Denbigh, Denbighshire, designated on 2 February 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 2 February 1981
- Locality
- Denbigh -Town
- Community
- Denbigh
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.18576, -3.41382
- Cadw reference
- 1050
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Within the Evan Pierce memorial garden, to the N of Pierce's monument.
History
Erected in 1887 as one of a pair of fountains to commemorate Queen Victoria's silver jubilee. The fountains were placed within the existing Evan Pierce memorial garden which was opened in 1876.
Exterior
Cast iron painted fountain set within a basin in the form of a circular petal, also of cast iron. The fountain itself is in the form of an opening Tulip and rises to a height of approximately 1.5m. It has a moulded base on a circular plinth with cast plaques to each face: 'Victoria Jubilee 1887'; 'Victoria, Crown Princess of Germany'; 'Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse'; 'Helena, Princess Christian of Scheswig-Holstein'; 'Louise, Marchioness of Lorne'; 'Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh'; 'Leopold, Duke of Albany,' and 'Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg.'
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a particularly good example of a Victorian cast iron municipal fountain within the context of a contemporary memorial garden.
Group value with other listed items in the Evan Pierce memorial garden.
Nearby in the register
- Jubilee Fountain to the NW of Pierce's MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- 90 Vale StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pierce's MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- J H Jones, ButchersCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.