Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Village Pump
Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, designated on 20 October 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Water Supply and Drainage
- Date of designation
- 20 October 1966
- Locality
- Llanuwchllyn
- Community
- Llanuwchllyn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.85875, -3.67480
- Cadw reference
- 4680
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 136 Bala (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back from the road to the L on entering the village; raised up slightly on a square plinth of limestone setts.
History
Erected in 1891. Inscription recording its erection to commemorate the birth of one of the Williams-Wynns of Wynnstay on the 25th January, 1891.
Exterior
Tall cast iron water pump in the form of a gate pier. The pump is square in section and stands to a height of approximately 2.2m. Vertical sunk-panels to the sides, with egg-and-dart decoration; on a moulded plinth. Further egg-and-dart and acanthus frieze with moulded cornice above. The pump has a shallow ogee capping section with surmounting foliated finial. The front has a centrally-placed spout with a simple square catch trough below. Above the spout is affixed a cartouche with, in raised lettering: 'Cofeb y cyhoedd am Enedigaeth Etifedd Wynnstay Ionawr 25. 1891.' On each of the front and rear faces is a foundary mark in raised letters: 'Coalbrookdale.' The rear face has a long curved handle to the centre.
Reason for designation
Listed as a particularly fine and elaborate late Victorian village pump.
Group value with Hendy'r Ysgol adjacent.
Nearby in the register
- Hen Dy'r YsgolEducationunder 1 mi
- 6 Church StDomesticunder 1 mi
- RhydloewDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Church StDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.