Rebecca'S Well is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1994. Well house.
Rebecca'S Well
- WRENN ID
- quiet-stair-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1994
- Type
- Well house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The following building shall be added:-
WARGRAVE SU78SE CRAZIES HILL 1110-0/1/10002 Rebecca`s Well II Well house. Circa 1870. The well-head basin was built for the Rev Greville Phillimore and the well house above was designed by Gertrude Jekyll, who also painted the gable. Roughcast brick. Semi-conical tile roof with gabled front. Semi-circular on plan. Gabled front with semi-cicular arch, brick band and dentils above and painting in gable by Jekyll with inscription :-'Rebeka and the Servants of Abraham at the well of Nahor. And the servants ran to meet her and said let I pray thee drink a little water of thy pitcher'. The painting depicts Rebecca and a servant by the well. It appears to have been restored. Inside the well house, at the back is a carved stone inscription with a cross above in a segmental stone panel. SOURCES: Festing,S. Gertrude Jekyll, page 62. Gray,R.,Griffiths,S. The Book of Wargrave, pp 234 and 235.
Listing NGR: SU7993080487
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