Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
24842
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/02/2001
Date of Amendment
26/02/2001
Name of Property
Drinking Fountain
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Pontypridd
Town
Pontypridd
Locality
Pontypridd
Easting
307265
Northing
190244
Street Side
W
Location
In the centre of the junction of Taff Street and Penuel Lane.
Description
Broad Class
Recreational
Period
History
Designed by C B Fowler and erected in 1895 on land donated by Sir Alfred Thomas MP.
Exterior
A canopied stone drinking fountain decorated with relief panels of Celtic interlace ornament. The base is square with projecting bowls in each face, which have relief inscriptions to the undersides. On the N side is an added date panel recording its erection in 1895 and restoration in 1981. Attached square shafts at the angles that carry the canopy. On each face the canopy has a trefoiled arch and a half-hipped roof rising to a low shaft base, on which is an iron lamp shaft with entwined serpent and combatant beasts. The corners of the canopy have projecting sculpted goats' heads.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominently sited item of street furniture and an exceptional example of the Celtic revival style in S Wales.
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