Well House is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

Well House

WRENN ID
last-loft-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1967
Type
House
Address
Well House, Capernwray Road, Over Kellet, LA6 1BX
OS grid reference
SD 520 701
Coordinates
54.12472, -2.73563
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Well House is a house dated 1683, as indicated by the inscription on the lintel. It is constructed from pebbledashed rubble and features a slate roof. The building has a two-unit plan with end stacks and stands two storeys high with two bays. The windows are sashed with glazing bars and are set in plain stone surrounds. The door is framed by a moulded surround topped with a battlemented lintel. On the rear wall, there are two-light rebated and chamfered mullioned windows on each floor. Additionally, the north wall of the outshut has a one-light chamfered window.

Local climate

Well House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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