Well Approximately 5 Metres East of Number 2 (The Well House) is a Grade II listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1999. Well.

Well Approximately 5 Metres East of Number 2 (The Well House)

WRENN ID
narrow-stronghold-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lincoln
Constituency
Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1999
Type
Well
OS grid reference
SK 982 719
Coordinates
53.23559, -0.52989
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a well located approximately 5 meters east of Number 2, known as The Well House, in Lincoln. The well dates back to the 12th century and was excavated around 1982. It features an irregular shaft made in natural rock, measuring approximately 4 meters across and 20 meters deep. On the north and south sides, there are dressed stone round arches with voussoirs. The well has a round opening with dressed stone coping, which is topped with a late 20th-century concrete and stone surround.

Local climate

Well Approximately 5 Metres East of Number 2 (The Well House) receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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