Fentonluna Well is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Well house.
Fentonluna Well
- WRENN ID
- young-pilaster-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Well house
- Address
- Fentonluna Well, Fentonluna Lane, Padstow
- OS grid reference
- SW 914 755
- Coordinates
- 50.54235, -4.94448
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fentonluna Well is a well house located on the north side of Fentonluna Lane in Padstow. It likely has Medieval origins, with a possibly reused 16th-century arch that features a datestone from 1592, which was probably carved in the 19th century. The structure is made of stone rubble and dressed granite.
The well house has a small rectangular plan and is set into the deerpark walls adjacent to Prideaux House. The exterior features a roughly rounded headed opening, integrated into the slate stone rubble walls of the Deerpark. The dressed granite used in the arch has been repurposed; the two spandrels, originally intended for a four-centred arch, have been modified to support a narrower round-headed arch. These spandrels are adorned with ball finials, and the left spandrel is carved with the name "PRIDEAUX" in uppercase letters. The arch is supported by 19th-century rusticated piers with a moulded plinth, and the datestone from 1592 has been reset at the top of the arch.
Inside the well house, there is a 19th-century cast iron pump.
Local climate
Fentonluna Well 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 79% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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