Sterne'S Well, Circa 100 Metres South West Of Back Lane Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Redcar and Cleveland local planning authority area, England. Well.

Sterne'S Well, Circa 100 Metres South West Of Back Lane Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lunar-cobble-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Redcar and Cleveland
Country
England
Type
Well
Source
Historic England listing

Description

NZ 6518 (NZ 651 183) SKELTON & BROTTON BACK LANE (off north side) Skelton

7/1 Sterne's Well, c.100m south-west of Back Lane Farmhouse.

II

Well head housing for artesian well, supplying water to Skelton Castle; late C18. Sandstone ashlar walls and roof. Squat tower approximately 3m. high. Chamfered rustication to 3 faces. West face has round-headed opening, now blocked internally but retaining boarded door. Plain, .slightly-recessed band has 3 paterae with beaded surrounds and bearing Latin inscriptions, below square-domed roof. Rectangular plaque above doorway has inscribed verse, probably by Lawrence Sterne: "Leap from thy mossy cavern'd bed Hither thy prattling waters bring Blandusia's Muse shall crown thy head and make thee too a sacred spring."

Listing NGR: NZ6514218357

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