Holy Well of Saint Wendronas at SW 676285 is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1957. A C15 Holy well.

Holy Well of Saint Wendronas at SW 676285

WRENN ID
knotted-cupola-stoat
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1957
Type
Holy well
OS grid reference
SW 676 284
Coordinates
50.11079, -5.25067
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Holy Well of Saint Wendronas is a holy well, likely dating from the 15th century. It is constructed of granite rubble with granite dressings and features a corbelled granite roof. The building has a square plan with a doorway located at the east end.

On the exterior, the only opening is a pointed-arched chamfered doorway situated in the middle of the east gable end. Inside, there are stone seats along the sides and a shallow pointed-arched well niche in the west wall. Above this niche, there is another niche with a shouldered head, which may have been used for light or possibly to hold a statue. The structure of the holy well remains unaltered and is well preserved.

Local climate

Holy Well of Saint Wendronas at SW 676285 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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