Parish Well is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1986. Wellhouse.

Parish Well

WRENN ID
haunted-chancel-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1986
Type
Wellhouse
Address
Parish Well, Church Street, Hampstead Norreys
OS grid reference
SU 530 763
Coordinates
51.48325, -1.23684
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Well, located on Church Street in Hampstead Norreys, is a wellhouse and water pump dated 1903. It features a cast iron pump without a spout, equipped with a cranked shaft, three pistons, and a wooden handle. The wellhouse is timber framed and has a hipped roof covered with old tiles, supported by wide overhanging eaves on large corner posts and brackets. There is a wooden balustraded palustrade with a pair of central gates on the south side, which are fitted with iron hinges and spikes. A date plaque is positioned on the right side, inscribed with "This well was given to the Parish of Hampstead Norreys by Harry Weber Esq, of Hawkridge 1903."

Local climate

Parish Well sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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