Saint Ethelbert's Well is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1973. Drinking fountain.

Saint Ethelbert's Well

WRENN ID
dreaming-wattle-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1973
Type
Drinking fountain
Address
Saint Ethelbert's Well, Castle Hill, Hereford
OS grid reference
SO 511 396
Coordinates
52.05337, -2.71423
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Ethelbert's Well is a 19th-century cast-iron drinking fountain set within an ashlar niche featuring a chamfered four-centred arch. Above the fountain is a badly weathered 14th-century head of a crowned king, which is believed to have come from the destroyed west front of the Cathedral. The well was restored in 1977.

Local climate

Saint Ethelbert's Well receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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