Holy Well of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Surrey Heath local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1955. Well. 1 related planning application.
Holy Well of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- tattered-lintel-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Surrey Heath
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath MP: Dr Al Pinkerton (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1955
- Type
- Well
- Address
- Holy Well of St John the Baptist, Clews Lane, Bisley, GU24 9DY
- OS grid reference
- SU 956 594
- Coordinates
- 51.32647, -0.62921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holy Well of St. John the Baptist is a well from the 17th century located on Clews Lane in Bisley. It features square stone walls approximately 1½ feet high, topped with a 20th-century flat cement and stone cover. Spring water continues to flow through a small hole in the structure. The well is reputed to date back around 1000 years.
Local climate
Holy Well of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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