Holy Well About 15 Metres South West of Joseph's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1988. A C19 Well.

Holy Well About 15 Metres South West of Joseph's Cottage

WRENN ID
strange-copper-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1988
Type
Well
OS grid reference
SX 083 636
Coordinates
50.44133, -4.69992
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The holy well, located about 15 metres south-west of Joseph's Cottage, was likely built around 1857 as a garden ornament. It is constructed from squared granite rubble with granite dressings and features a stone roof. The well-house has a rectangular plan with gable ends at the front and rear, and it is sunk into the ground with the sink located inside.

On the exterior, the front gable end includes a 4-centred arched doorway with a cast iron gate, raised coped verges with scrolled kneelers, and a ball finial. The rear gable end mirrors the front but lacks the ball finial. Inside, the rear wall contains a 4-centred arched hollow-chamfered niche, and the entire floor area is occupied by the sink.

Local climate

Holy Well About 15 Metres South West of Joseph's Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow 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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