Well Head Approximately 10 Metres South of Eagles Close Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Well-head.
Well Head Approximately 10 Metres South of Eagles Close Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- dim-panel-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Well-head
- OS grid reference
- SU 399 877
- Coordinates
- 51.58763, -1.42421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The well head, dated 1867, is located approximately 10 meters south of the Eagles Close Almshouses. It is constructed of orange brick and features limestone ashlar engaged angle columns. The roof is cross-gabled with a moulded ridge. Above the octagonal stone, there is a datestone from 1867, which has a cast-iron pipe set in raised quatrefoil relief. Beneath the pipe, there is a stone water trough, and a wheel is located in the right side wall. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Well Head Approximately 10 Metres South of Eagles Close Almshouses receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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