St Cuthberts Well is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Well.

St Cuthberts Well

WRENN ID
still-latch-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Well
Address
St Cuthberts Well, the Banks (Left Bank of River Wear), City of Durham
OS grid reference
NZ 272 422
Coordinates
54.77415, -1.57753
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St. Cuthbert's Well is a well dated 1690, constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. It features a retaining wall with side walls that break forward and has a flat stone coping. The well has a segmental arch supported by alternate-block jambs, with a water pipe set into a rendered back panel and a stone flag basin. Above the arch, there is an inscribed stone that reads "FONS (?) S:s CUTHBERT 1690." In front of the well, there is a stone platform with side steps leading down below the platform.

Local climate

St Cuthberts Well 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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