St James's Well is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Well.
St James's Well
- WRENN ID
- far-bracket-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Well
- Address
- St James's Well, Abinger Lane
- OS grid reference
- TQ 120 454
- Coordinates
- 51.19702, -0.39777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St James's Well is a well and wellhead built in 1893 by William John Evelyn, which opened in August of that year. It features a brick and stone stepped plinth with Bargate stone piers and Horsham slab roofs. The structure has a square plan with round piers on square pedestals, topped with cable moulding, square abaci, and cushion capitals. The timber roof has a cross section with raking struts and pendant finials at each gable apex, along with a central boss. Each gable is adorned with scalloped bargeboards. In front of the well, there is a stone-side slab and trough that includes a bronze tap and a granite inscription plate. The well is surrounded by a scrolled wrought iron feature with stone stile steps, and iron winding gear is located below the canopy. This well is a notable feature of the common.
Local climate
St James's Well 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 lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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