The Egg Well is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Well housing.
The Egg Well
- WRENN ID
- worn-frieze-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Well housing
- Address
- The Egg Well, Bradnop
- OS grid reference
- SK 005 540
- Coordinates
- 53.0835, -1.99298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Egg Well is a well housing and surround dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It features a 20th-century brick enclosure with a flat roof, surrounding a rectangular well made of stone slabs. There are two steps leading down to an oval-shaped well hole. The back of the surround is inscribed with the words "RENIBUS ET SPLENI . ...... LECORIQUE MEDETUR/MILLE MALIS PRODEST IFRA SALUBRIS AQUA". Additionally, there is incised crossed scrollwork on the sides of the well.
Local climate
The Egg Well receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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