Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Fountain to north of St Fagans Castle in the Dutch Garden
St. Fagans, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 28 November 2003
- Locality
- Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- St. Fagans
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48668, -3.26892
- Cadw reference
- 82224
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
One of the associated structures in the gardens of St Fagans Castle and part of the Museum of Welsh Life.
History
Placed in the Dutch Garden in about 1850 as a part of the improvements undertaken at that time by the Windsor family. It is not known if it is a real Italian fountain or a contemporary copy. It is shown in position on the c1855 Estate Plan.
Exterior
Italianate marble fountain with a scalloped pool edged with roll-moulded marble set on a sandstone plinth. In the centre, on a square plinth, is a fountain of four cherubs supporting a single vertical jet.
Reason for designation
Included as an important garden feature and one of the structures associated with the gardens and estate of St. Fagans Castle.
Nearby in the register
- St Fagans CastleEducationunder 1 mi
- Gates, Piers, Steps and Balustrade Wall bounding north side of Dutch Garden at St. Fagans CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lead Cistern in the east forecourt of St Fagans CastleReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- West wall of the Dutch Garden at St Fagans Castle with the battlement wall and watchtowersDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.