Well of St Guron, Approximately 1 Metre West of West End of Church of St Petroc is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1972. Well.

Well of St Guron, Approximately 1 Metre West of West End of Church of St Petroc

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1972
Type
Well
OS grid reference
SX 072 670
Coordinates
50.47139, -4.71714
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Well of St Guron, located approximately 1 metre west of the west end of the Church of St Petroc, is a well-head that likely dates back to the 15th century. It is constructed from dressed granite and features a dressed granite roof designed to resemble slate courses, complete with a roll-moulded ridge and a flared cross in relief on the front gable. The well has a small rectangular plan and includes a chamfered 4-centred arched doorway, which is fitted with a 20th-century latticed and scrolled wrought-iron door. Above the doorway, there is a carved panel that depicts St Guron kneeling in front of the well. According to tradition, St Guron established a hermitage in Bodmin in the 5th century.

Local climate

Well of St Guron, Approximately 1 Metre West of West End of Church of St Petroc sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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