Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Prince's Fountain
Mumbles, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 29 October 1999
- Locality
- Oystermouth
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Mumbles
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.57314, -3.99557
- Cadw reference
- 22550
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
Approximately 150m SE of Oystermouth church on the N side of the junction of Mumbles Road and Myrtle Terrace.
History
Erected in 1863 to commemorate the marriage of the Prince of Wales, Albert Edward (later Edward VII) and Princess Alexandra. Restored in 1977 by the Mumbles and District Conservation Society.
Exterior
A tall monumental fountain of coursed dressed stone to the front, facing the street, coursed rock-faced stone to the sides and random rubble to the rear. A recess in the front has a round-headed rusticated arch with stressed keystone, inside which is a cast iron bowl in the shape of a shell, and a lion's head tap. Behind the lion's head is a tablet with engraved letters recording the gift of the land by the Duke of Beaufort. Above the arch is an inserted tablet recording its restoration in 1977.
Above a moulded cornice is a larger, inset tablet with engraved letters reading: 'Erected by Voluntary Contributions to commemorate the marriage of His Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra on the 10th of March AD 1863'. Above a further moulded cornice is a low gabled parapet engraved 'Prince's Fountain'. The cornices and parapet continue around the side walls.
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a well-detailed public memorial in a prominent location.
Nearby in the register
- Church of All Saints, OystermouthReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Mumbles Methodist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Oystermouth LibraryCivilunder 1 mi
- Turnpike Trust boundary stone in front of 704 Mumbles RoadCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.