Town Well Approximately 25 Metres East of Eastern Range of Farm Buildings at Home Farm and Approximately 25 Metres North of Road is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1988. Well.

Town Well Approximately 25 Metres East of Eastern Range of Farm Buildings at Home Farm and Approximately 25 Metres North of Road

WRENN ID
silent-soffit-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1988
Type
Well
OS grid reference
SE 285 134
Coordinates
53.61683, -1.56941
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The town well, located approximately 25 metres east of the eastern range of farm buildings at Home Farm and about 25 metres north of the road, dates back to 1742. It features an ashlar construction with a brick vaulted roof and has a rectangular plan. The well is designed in a classical style, showcasing a simple gabled front with a central doorway that includes a dated lintel. The structure has moulded coping and low, coursed stone sides that create a low parapet, behind which the brick vaulting is situated.

Local climate

Town Well Approximately 25 Metres East of Eastern Range of Farm Buildings at Home Farm and Approximately 25 Metres North of Road receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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