Fountain Inn, Pontarddulais

The inn was built around 1830 and as name suggests located near a well which is behind the building.  In former times has been known as Fountain, Fountain Inn, Fountain Hotel and Fountain Public House. 

The Fountain has been enlarged over the years by incorporating adjoining buildings and became a popular hostelry on the new Turnpike road. 

Edward William was the publican in 1841 and from 1960 until 1986 the licensees were the popular Ron and Lydia Abbott. 

The Fountain was used from 1871 to 1902 by the Court Leet of the Lordship of Gower.  Lodge meetings were also held in the inn by the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. 

A regular in days gone by was one Wynford Vaughan Thomas, whose ancestor, Daniel Lewis, was involved in the attack on the Bolgoed Gate during the Rebecca Riots.  The attack on the gate would have been seen from the Fountain.

Touring rugby and cricket sides were often seen at the pub.