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
85391
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/09/2005
Date of Amendment
26/09/2005
Name of Property
Madocks memorial fountain in The Park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Porthmadog
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Porthmadog
Easting
256927
Northing
338593
Street Side
Location
Set just inside the boundary fence to High Street, on the N side of the bowling green.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Erected in 1875. It originally stood at the junction of High Street, New Street and Penamser Road, in which position it is shown on the 1888 Ordnance Survey, but was moved to its present location when the junction was made into a roundabout.
Exterior
A square polished granite memorial on a stepped freestone plinth. The memorial has a corbelled basin below a spout, and a bronze plaque with the inscription: 'This fountain was erected as a memorial of Wm Alexander Madocks Esq MP the founder of Portmadoc and in commemoration of the coming of age of his grandson Francis Wm Alexr Roche Esq Feb 18th 1875'.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historical interest as the only public memorial in Porthmadog to the founder of the port and town.
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