Holy Well of Saint Levan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Holy well.

Holy Well of Saint Levan

WRENN ID
stony-clay-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1988
Type
Holy well
Address
Holy Well of Saint Levan, St. Levan
OS grid reference
SW 380 219
Coordinates
50.03973, -5.65936
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Holy Well of Saint Levan is a well structure, likely from the 18th century, situated on an ancient site. It is constructed from granite rubble and features a roughly square plan with a roofless design. The well house has an east-facing doorway and is built upon a granite monolithic foundation stone. In front of the doorway, there is a sump, and the water flows from a natural spring, which is covered by granite lintels on the right. This site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Holy Well of Saint Levan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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