Fram Well Head is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. A Medieval Well head. 1 related planning application.

Fram Well Head

WRENN ID
tall-lantern-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1952
Type
Well head
Address
Fram Well Head, Framwellgate Peth, City of Durham
OS grid reference
NZ 271 429
Coordinates
54.78073, -1.58016
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fram Well Head is a well head built in 1450, which was rebuilt in 1847 and restored in 1959. It was moved from its original location 165 yards to the north-east. This well head was a gift from Thomas Billingham to the city. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone and has a rectangular plan with low diagonal buttresses. There is a slot on the east side, and the south side features rebates for a door, which is now blocked and contains a commemorative plaque that provides the history of the well. The structure has a steeply-sloped coping that is three courses high.

Local climate

Fram Well Head receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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