Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Memorial Fountain to Henry Evans Charles
Castle, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1987
- Locality
- Swansea
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61261, -3.96022
- Cadw reference
- 11609
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Flanking footpath within former metalwork entrance to Victoria Park.
History
Erected by public subscription after H E Charles’ death in 1907.
Exterior
Stepped granite obelisk with moulded cappings and basin. Fine bronze portrait roundel in relief over inscription tablet. Brick support to rear. Sculptor not known.
Nearby in the register
- Swansea New GuildhallCivilunder 1 mi
- Statue of William Thomas in Victoria ParkCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- The Guildhall FlagstaffDomesticunder 1 mi
- Patti PavilionRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.