Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Fountain in S garden at Dolforgen Hall
Kerry, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dolforgan, Newtown, Kerry, Powys, designated on 12 September 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 12 September 1996
- Locality
- Dolforgan
- Town
- Newtown
- Community
- Kerry
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.50366, -3.26369
- Cadw reference
- 17288
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 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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located immediately in front of the S elevation of Dolforgan Hall, and at the centre of the geometric box-hedged knot garden.
Exterior
The fountain basin is an 8-point square-within-square shape sunk approximately 0.5m below the garden level. At the centre, a slender pedestal fountain comprising a fluted vase set over a ball and ring, with a fluted inverted bell upper section providing a platform for the cast iron pedestalled urn containing the spout. The fountain, with the garden, relates directly to the handsome S elevation and is probably of c1790.
Reason for designation
Included as an interesting and unusual survival of garden furniture in its original setting, related to the remodelling of the house by John Herbert of Park.
Nearby in the register
- Dolforgan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coachhouse at Dolforgan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Driveway bridge over Afon MiwlTransportunder 1 mi
- Dolforgan sawmillIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.