Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22185
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/08/1999
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Horse Trough and Fountain
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfihangel Aberbythych
Town
Carmarthen
Locality
Golden Grove Village
Easting
259018
Northing
219769
Street Side
Location
East side of Golden Grove village opposite to the church.
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
The top stone is inscribed "Drink and be thankful, 1872". This places it in the time of John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, second Earl Cawdor.
Exterior
Limestone trough of about 0.4m by 1.5m, with superstructure, in a recess in the Golden Grove park wall. The water spout (broken) is in a round-headed alcove with an informal pediment. The latter carries the inscription and has a coronetted finial.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a horse-trough and fountain and for group value with the other listed buildings of Golden Grove village.
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