Well House Opposite Black Horse Inn is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Well-house.

Well House Opposite Black Horse Inn

WRENN ID
fossil-stair-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1987
Type
Well-house
Address
Well House Opposite Black Horse Inn, Cornsay
OS grid reference
NZ 145 435
Coordinates
54.78643, -1.77578
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The well house, located opposite the Black Horse Inn, dates back to 1743 and was built for William Darnell and Thomas Rippon, as indicated by the inscription above the door. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and quoins, and features a concrete roof. The structure is octagonal and stands about 2 meters high. On the south-east face, there is a blocked door with stone jambs beneath a moulded lintel, which has names inscribed in the center, flanked by a Roman date. The building is topped with flat stone coping and has an inserted flat concrete roof.

Local climate

Well House Opposite Black Horse Inn receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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