Towns Well is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Well.
Towns Well
- WRENN ID
- final-transept-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Well
- Address
- Towns Well, Derby Road, Brailsford
- OS grid reference
- SK 255 413
- Coordinates
- 52.96929, -1.62083
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Towns Well is a well that likely dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone and features a semi-circular arch made of stone voussoirs, which is set partly into the ground. The tap is designed in the form of a segmental pediment.
Local climate
Towns Well receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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