Wellhouse in Garden 30 Metres South-West of Font House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1969. Wellhouse.

Wellhouse in Garden 30 Metres South-West of Font House

WRENN ID
sharp-baluster-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1969
Type
Wellhouse
OS grid reference
NZ 099 903
Coordinates
55.20698, -1.84503
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wellhouse, likely from the 18th century, is located in the garden 30 metres south-west of Font House in Netherwitton. It is constructed of squared stone with dressings. There are four steps leading down into a rectangular walled enclosure that features a wellhead on the west side. The wellhouse includes a small slab-roofed structure with a round-arched opening. A stream flows out through a separate small hole on the left, draining into the enclosure floor.

Local climate

Wellhouse in Garden 30 Metres South-West of Font House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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