Well and Wellhead, Churchyard, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Well.

Well and Wellhead, Churchyard, Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
brooding-chancel-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Type
Well
Address
Well and Wellhead, Churchyard, Church of St Michael, St Michaels Lane, Longstanton
OS grid reference
TL 402 658
Coordinates
52.27296, 0.05439
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The well and well-head located in the churchyard of the Church of St. Michael date from the 19th century. They are constructed from gault brick and pebblestone. The well features five steps leading down to it, with the well-head designed in a round-headed arch. The jambs of the well-head are finished with moulded brick.

Local climate

Well and Wellhead, Churchyard, Church of St Michael sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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