St Mellor's Well is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1964. A Medieval Well.

St Mellor's Well

WRENN ID
upper-trefoil-wind
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 August 1964
Type
Well
Period
Medieval
Address
St Mellor's Well, Linkinhorne
OS grid reference
SX 319 731
Coordinates
50.53387, -4.37331
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

St Mellor's Well is a holy well dating from the 15th century, constructed from granite ashlar and featuring a corbelled granite roof. The well has a small rectangular plan, measuring approximately one metre by one and a half metres, with gable ends at the front and rear.

The exterior includes a front gable end with a chamfered rounded arched opening, above which is an image niche that also has a rounded arch. The ridge of the roof is formed by a moulded granite monolith. Inside, there is a sink at the rear for the spring, an image niche in the rear wall, and an additional niche on the left side. The front doorway retains pintles.

Local climate

St Mellor's Well 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Churchtown Cottages Grade II 388 m
  2. Gateway at the Western Entrance to the Churchyard of Church of St Melor and Churchyard Cross at the North Side of the Gateway Grade II 401 m
  3. Group of 5 Monuments, 2 to Lemon, 2 to Nicolls and One to Coungdon, in the Churchyard, Against South Wall of South Aisle of Church of St Melor Grade II 415 m
  4. Church of St Melor Grade I 415 m
  5. K6 Telephone Kiosk Grade II 485 m
  6. Lower Millcombe Farmhouse Grade II 810 m
  7. Mornick Farmhouse (East) Grade II 828 m
  8. Church of St Sampson Grade I 1.2 km
  9. Treven Grade II 1.5 km
  10. Milestone at Sx 324 746 Grade II 1.5 km