The Well House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1993. House.
The Well House
- WRENN ID
- other-mantel-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1993
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Well House, Sandrock Road, Niton and Whitwell
- OS grid reference
- SZ 504 760
- Coordinates
- 50.58185, -1.28812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Well House is a house built around 1870 in the French Chateau style for Frederic Vilmet. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble with ashlar quoins and has a slate roof. The building has one storey and attics, featuring two windows. Notable architectural details include an elaborate moulded cornice, a balustraded parapet adorned with urns, and a mansard roof that rises in the center, topped with an iron finial and iron cresting. There are two oval attic windows. The central portico projects forward and has a curved open pediment supported by paired Doric pilasters. The entrance features a round-headed design with keystone impost blocks, a round-headed fanlight, and double doors. The house has two sash windows with verticals only, each with a cornice and brackets above. To the left side, there is a lean-to that matches the main style of the house. Frederic Vilmet was the son of George IV's French Chef.
Local climate
The Well House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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