Wellhead in Garden East of Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. Wellhead.

Wellhead in Garden East of Almshouses

WRENN ID
distant-marble-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1966
Type
Wellhead
Address
Wellhead in Garden East of Almshouses, Stydd, Ribchester
OS grid reference
SD 653 357
Coordinates
53.81721, -2.52712
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wellhead located in the garden east of the almshouses is likely from the 19th century. It is circular and constructed from four pieces of sandstone that are held together with iron clamps. The structure features iron supports for a spindle, which has a wooden roller and handle mounted on a cast-iron wheel.

Local climate

Wellhead in Garden East of Almshouses sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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