Village Well is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Well.

Village Well

WRENN ID
grim-pier-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rutland
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1984
Type
Well
Address
Village Well, Oakham Road, Ashwell
OS grid reference
SK 864 136
Coordinates
52.71353, -0.72191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village well, dating from the mid-19th century, is constructed from squared rubble stone and features dressed stone coping. It has a small grotto-like covered niche with an opening at the front, flanked by convex curved walls. Above this niche rises a straight wall topped with a Gothic arch over the opening, which has a gabled top. An inscription above the arch reads, "All ye who hither come to drink/Rest not your thoughts below/Look at that sacred sign and think/Whence living waters flow." At the base of the niche, there is a small pool.

Local climate

Village Well sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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