Well is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Well.

Well

WRENN ID
riven-tower-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1987
Type
Well
Address
Well, Germoe
OS grid reference
SW 599 293
Coordinates
50.11592, -5.35861
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a well, probably from the 18th century, located on Tresowes Hill in Germoe. It features battered walls made mostly of vertically set granite rubble. The well is cut into the side of the hill, with a cranked-plan chamber that is roofed with granite lintels. In front, there is a walled entrance that also has a cranked plan, with a flight of eight steps leading down to the well doorway. Inside the chamber, there are additional steps that lead down into the water. The well is supplied by a spring from the surrounding hillside. This well is an unaltered 18th-century structure that is unusually deep for its type.

Local climate

Well receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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