Holy Well West of Holywell Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1967. Well house.

Holy Well West of Holywell Farmhouse

WRENN ID
hushed-arch-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1967
Type
Well house
Address
Holy Well West of Holywell Farmhouse, Upper Town, Wolsingham
OS grid reference
NZ 076 378
Coordinates
54.73586, -1.88244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Holy Well, located west of Holywell Farmhouse, is an 18th-century well house. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a stone-flagged roof with a stone ridge. The building is one storey high and consists of one bay. The opening under the gable facing the road has a plain stone surround, and the corners are adorned with chamfered quoins.

Local climate

Holy Well West of Holywell Farmhouse receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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