The Holy Well is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1949. Well house.
The Holy Well
- WRENN ID
- tangled-mortar-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1949
- Type
- Well house
- Address
- The Holy Well, Holy Well Road, Malvern Wells
- OS grid reference
- SO 770 423
- Coordinates
- 52.0788, -2.33655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holy Well is an ancient well that was granted to John Hornyold in Tudor times. The well-house was built in 1843 and features stucco walls, a pantiled roof, and a wooden lantern. It stands two storeys tall and has four windows with round-headed openings, brick arches, and gable heads above. On the ground floor, there are two reproduction Norman arches; the left-hand arch leads into a square chamber that contains the well, which features an arched basin on a pedestal. The structure has been recently restored from a state of ruin.
Local climate
The Holy Well receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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