Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Drinking Fountain to W of St Woolos' Cathedral
Stow Hill, Newport, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Stow Hill, Newport, designated on 2 May 1980.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 2 May 1980
- Community
- Stow Hill
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58276, -3.00031
- Cadw reference
- 3019
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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
About 50m W of Lychgate at St Woolos'.
History
Erected in 1913 near entrance to Belle Vue Park; moved to this site in 1996.
Exterior
Elaborate drinking fountain in polychrome glazed tile work. Square base in black and green supports urn with brass taps. On base, 4 grey twisted columns supports canopy with pediment to all 4 sides; surmounted by ball finial. Inscription records, "Presented by a former President to the Town of Newport in the name of The British Women’s Temperance Association".
Reason for designation
Well designed drinking fountain in unusual building materials. Group value with nearby listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Lychgate to St Woolos CathedralReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 2 Clifton PlaceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 Clifton PlaceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Clifton PlaceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.