Salte Well to South of Entrance Gates to Saltwell Park is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1983. Drinking fountain. 1 related planning application.

Salte Well to South of Entrance Gates to Saltwell Park

WRENN ID
pale-corbel-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1983
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Salte Well to South of Entrance Gates to Saltwell Park, Saltwell Road, NE8 4SF
OS grid reference
NZ 252 610
Coordinates
54.94307, -1.60718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Salte Well, located to the south of the entrance gates to Saltwell Park, was reconstructed in 1872 as a drinking fountain. It features a gable-shaped back with a shield that displays the date, flanked by piers topped with pyramidal caps. The structure is made of coursed squared stone. In the central alcove, there is a basin, although the tap has been removed, and a pious text is inscribed above it.

Local climate

Salte Well to South of Entrance Gates to Saltwell Park receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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