Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Drinking Fountain
Llannon, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llannon Village, Llannon, Carmarthenshire, designated on 11 October 1978.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Water Supply and Drainage
- Date of designation
- 11 October 1978
- Locality
- Llannon Village
- Community
- Llannon
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75467, -4.11662
- Cadw reference
- 11881
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At side of B4306 (Fountain Road), 50m SE of The Greyhound Public House.
History
Erected in memory of Rees Goring Thomas of Plas Llannon, d.1887.
Exterior
Sandstone structure in Gothic style with large bronze spout and red granite plaques inscribed with gilded lettering, set inside a blind chamfered arch with a dripstone and stringcourse. The arch is surmounted by a gable with roll-moulded coping, cruciform finial and buttresses; crest in quatrefoil in apex of gable. Plaques inside arch inscribed firstly, "Give God the Praise" and secondly "To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of Rees Goring Thomas, MA, JP, DL, of Plas Llannon, this fountain is erected by his friends in fulfilment of his last wish that this village should have a plentiful supply of water. 1889". At the foot is a water trough with overflow. The adjacent pavement has been raised and is held by a little retaining wall which is not original.
The water is said to have been brought to the fountain from Ffynnon Non (25370 20790), but the supply has been severed.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved late-Victorian Gothic water-fountain structure of distinctive architectural quality.
Nearby in the register
- The Old SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- Church of St NonReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gravestone with Railings within St Non's ChurchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Railings and Gates of St Non's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.