Holy Well House 80 Metres to South East of Lavethan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1987. Holy well house.

Holy Well House 80 Metres to South East of Lavethan

WRENN ID
ragged-cellar-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1987
Type
Holy well house
OS grid reference
SX 096 730
Coordinates
50.52601, -4.68664
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holy wellhouse, possibly of medieval origins, located 80 metres to the southeast of Lavethan. It is constructed of stone rubble and built into a bank, likely over a field spring. The wellhouse features a low profile with a chamfered granite elliptical arch and stone rubble jambs. At the top, it is surmounted by a granite wheelhead cross that has an inscribed Greek cross.

Local climate

Holy Well House 80 Metres to South East of Lavethan 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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