The Fountain, Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1395 / 53°8'22"N

Longitude: -4.2719 / 4°16'18"W

OS Eastings: 248124

OS Northings: 362668

OS Grid: SH481626

Mapcode National: GBR 5J.66R7

Mapcode Global: WH43F.BCZ2

Plus Code: 9C5Q4PQH+Q6

Entry Name: The Fountain

Listing Date: 10 August 1953

Last Amended: 3 May 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3940

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300003940

Location: In the centre of the street at the junction with Pool Lane.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Caernarfon

Built-Up Area: Caernarfon

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Fountain

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History

Erected in 1868 to celebrate the completion of a new Water Works and therefore the improved supply of water to the town. The fountain was originally set up in Castle Square, where it had an outer basin. On this basin was an inscription: 'This fountain was opened April 25th 1868 by HRH Albert Edward Prince of Wales on the occasion of the completion of the Carnarvon Waterworks'.

Exterior

A freestone fountain comprising a basin with an octagonal concrete base and stem, the latter with blind Gothic panels, beneath a wide shallow basin with fluted head.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its social-historical interest and as a well-detailed piece of street furniture, notwithstanding its incompleteness.

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The Fountain

A Grade II Listed Building in Caernarfon, Gwynedd