Well House 50 Metres to South West of Lower Manaton is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. A C17 Holy well house.
Well House 50 Metres to South West of Lower Manaton
- WRENN ID
- salt-chamber-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Holy well house
- OS grid reference
- SX 337 720
- Coordinates
- 50.52453, -4.34627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The well house, located 50 meters to the southwest of Lower Manaton, is a 17th-century structure, possibly built by Francis Manaton, who also rebuilt the nearby mansion in 1687. It is constructed of granite ashlar and features a granite segmental barrel vaulted roof. The building has a rectangular plan measuring 6 feet 8 inches by 4 feet 6 inches, with gable ends facing east and west. The west end has a rectangular opening with a hollow chamfered lintel and jambs, leading to an inner three-centered hollow chamfered arch. Water flows from a spring into a rectangular basin that is approximately 3 feet 9 inches deep.
Local climate
Well House 50 Metres to South West of Lower Manaton 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
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