Well Head at SE 3858 1459 (In Field Behind Woodlands) is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1977. Well house.
Well Head at SE 3858 1459 (In Field Behind Woodlands)
- WRENN ID
- weathered-rotunda-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1977
- Type
- Well house
- Address
- Well Head at SE 3858 1459 (In Field Behind Woodlands), Nostell Lane, Ryhill
- OS grid reference
- SE 385 145
- Coordinates
- 53.62645, -1.41814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The well house, reputedly medieval and restored, is located in a field behind "Woodlands" on Nostell Lane. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone and features a pitched roof made of the same material. The small rectangular structure measures approximately 3 by 4 metres and is oriented on a north-south axis with a steeply-pitched roof.
The north gable wall includes a square-headed doorway with a broad chamfered surround, a round-headed niche above the doorway, and a small pedestal at the apex that likely supported a finial or cross. Each low side wall has a broad step or ledge, which may have served as a stand for water vessels or a seat. Inside, there are two steps leading down to a stone cistern with a marginal channel, and the roof is barrel-vaulted.
Local climate
Well Head at SE 3858 1459 (In Field Behind Woodlands) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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