Holy Well of St James Sx 192962 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. Well-house.
Holy Well of St James Sx 192962
- WRENN ID
- turning-cobble-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1984
- Type
- Well-house
- Address
- Holy Well of St James Sx 192962, Jacobstow
- OS grid reference
- SX 191 961
- Coordinates
- 50.73711, -4.56442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holy Well of St James is a well-house with medieval origins, although it has likely been rebuilt. It is constructed from slatestone rubble and features a rough slate lintel above a rectangular opening that is set into a field bank.
Local climate
Holy Well of St James Sx 192962 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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