Well Head in Centre of Forecourt to St Mary's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Tandridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Well head.

Well Head in Centre of Forecourt to St Mary's Almshouses

WRENN ID
white-merlon-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tandridge
Constituency
East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1984
Type
Well head
Address
Well Head in Centre of Forecourt to St Mary's Almshouses, Church Lane, Godstone
OS grid reference
TQ 356 514
Coordinates
51.24621, -0.0573
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The well head, located in the center of the forecourt to St Mary's Almshouses, was built in 1872 by Sir George Gilbert Scott as part of the almshouse group. It features a square stone wall approximately 2 feet high, with an open wooden canopy above. The canopy has a Tudor style arch on each side and is topped with a pyramidal roof covered in wooden shingles. Inside, the original wooden winding mechanism is still intact.

Local climate

Well Head in Centre of Forecourt to St Mary's Almshouses 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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