The Lady's Well, Spring Head at 721 342 is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Well.

The Lady's Well, Spring Head at 721 342

WRENN ID
eastward-corridor-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1989
Type
Well
Address
The Lady's Well, Spring Head at 721 342, Goudhurst
OS grid reference
TQ 721 341
Coordinates
51.08084, 0.45612
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lady's Well is a spring head and memorial located in Goudhurst, dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a heavy slate roof. The small square building has a paved surround and three open arched sides, with moulded and keyed arches on imposts that extend across the piers. The roof is gabled with a raised ridge. Inside, the spring rises onto a platform within the building and flows into a semi-circular basin at its base. An inscription on an attached plaque in the gable commemorates the creation of the surrounding water garden in 1964, dedicated to Eileen Bickerstaff, the Headmistress of Bedgebury School.

Local climate

The Lady's Well, Spring Head at 721 342 receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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