Well House with Rustic Seat at Tq 517455 is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1990. Well house.

Well House with Rustic Seat at Tq 517455

WRENN ID
veiled-courtyard-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1990
Type
Well house
Address
Well House with Rustic Seat at Tq 517455, B2176, Penshurst
OS grid reference
TQ 517 454
Coordinates
51.18854, 0.17079
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The well house with rustic seat was built between 1810 and 1830 by William Wells. It is an octagonal structure made of rustic poles, with a roof covered in shingles, resting on a stock brick plinth adorned with red and black tiles. Three sides feature a framework of rustic branches, with entrances on three sides, while the remaining two sides have benches with backs made of vertical planks and thin poles shaped in Gothic styles, featuring a scalloped pattern along the edge of the seat. The roof is boarded and has five large pendants. At the center, there is a spring with a fountain lined in tiles, topped with stone rockery. This well house is one of several garden features on the former Redleaf estate, which is listed on the English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens for Kent.

Local climate

Well House with Rustic Seat at Tq 517455 receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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