Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Drinking Fountain
The Vale of Grwyney, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangenny, The Vale of Grwyney, Powys, designated on 19 November 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Miscellaneous
- Date of designation
- 19 November 1998
- Locality
- Llangenny
- Community
- The Vale of Grwyney
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85598, -3.10446
- Cadw reference
- 20831
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On W side of minor road approximately 100m S of Llangenny church.
History
Erected by Andrew Doyle of Pendarren House in 1887 to commemorate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Exterior
Drinking fountain of coursed rock-faced stone with a shallow recess surmounted by a coped gable. The recess has a shallow stone trough, a stone engraved 1887 and an inserted tap.
Reason for designation
A good example of a Victorian wayside drinking fountain.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Church CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1 Church CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lych Gate at church of St Cenau, LlangennyReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Llangenny SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.