Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Memorial Fountain Photograph
Region ID | AH | |
Work ID | 73 | |
Manual Reference | POWYS006 | |
Type | Drinking Fountain | |
Title | Memorial Fountain | |
Designer | Benson, W.A.S. | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | 1898 | |
Unveiling details | ||
Road | A44 | |
Precise Location | North side of main road in centre of village. East of parish church. Bordering on village green | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | SN908799 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | II | |
Duty of Care | Powys County Council | |
Commissioned by | Mrs H.J.M. Lloyd Verney | |
Notes | ||
Taken from Cadw report: Fountain set within a horseshoe-shaped, rubble arch with keystone and under a broad gablet slate roof. On either side of the fountain are bronze plaques set below green-stone hoodmoulds and within a central freestone panel with inscriptions. To centre is a green-stone bowl which is rounded and delicately ornamented with floral detail. Pink granite trough to base with keystones to twin segmental arches through which the water drains. Cobbles reset to front. At the time of PMSA inspection in July 1999 only one tap existed on the right-hand side. Fixings for two further taps exist, to the centre and left of the fountain. | ||
Erected in 1898 by Mrs H.J.M. Lloyd-Verney (1844-1913), niece and heiress of J.Y.W. Lloyd, as a memorial to her husband, Colonel G.H. Lloyd-Verney (1842-1896), and to commemorate the completion of the village's piped water supply, a scheme begun by Colonel Lloyd-Verney. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1898 | |
Condition | Good | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | Bronze plaques on either side of fountain set in freestone panel. Plaques inscribed with the monogram G & MLV and their coat of arms. Incised on freestone panel in centre of fountain beneath left-hand bronze plaque and beneath carved floral detail: COLONEL GEORGE / HOPE LLOYD- / VERNEY GAVE / THE FIRST WATER / SUPPLY IN 1888 / TO THE VILLAGE / OF LLANGURIG Incised on freestone panel in centre beneath carved floral detail: HE SENDETH THE SPRINGS / INTO THE RIVERS WHICH / RUN AMONG THE HILLS. Pslm CIX ver-10 Incised on freestone panel beneath right-hand bronze plaque and beneath carved floral detail: THE SUPPLY HAS / BEEN COMPLETED / & EXTENDED BY / MRS LLOYD-VERNEY / IN 1898: AS A / MEMORIAL OF HER / HUSBAND'S WORK | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Whole work | Stone and slate | 457cm high approx |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Metallic staining | Green staining on both bronze plaques. Rusting below tap on right-hand side |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | Good |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
Graffiti | White scratches on central panel. Rubbish in trough |
