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Ornamental fountain and basin at Trawsgoed House
Trawsgoed, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 6 September 1996
- Locality
- Trawsgoed
- Community
- Trawsgoed
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.33922, -3.95303
- Cadw reference
- 17259
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in centre of lawn to SW of mansion.
History
Large later C19 fountain basin with cast-iron fountain in centre, the basin shown as a pool on OS map of 1886. The fountain and basin are shown in a photograph of 1888 but with only 4 urns of different designs and without the low wall and petal beds, presumably added before 1900.
Exterior
Broad circular basin with terracotta low wall around with rope-moulded top, interrupted by 8 short plinths carrying large terracotta urns. Around outside of basin are 8 former flowerbeds each outlined by a dwarf terracotta border with rope-mould, each segmental in plan to form lobes to main basin. In centre is fountain which has large cast-iron lower basin with moulded rim in which stands upper part which has small bowl on baluster pedestal with lion masks, and 3 dolphins above support a top circular base to a top figure with snake.
Reason for designation
Included as a virtually intact late C19 fountain, part of a later C19 garden layout. Group value with the mansion.
Nearby in the register
- Terrace wall and steps at foot of lawn to SW of Trawsgoed HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Trawsgoed HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gatepiers and gates to forecourt at Trawsgoed HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old DairyDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.