Holy Well is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1962. Wellhouse.

Holy Well

WRENN ID
lapsed-buttress-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1962
Type
Wellhouse
Address
Holy Well, Davidstow
OS grid reference
SX 151 873
Coordinates
50.65657, -4.61643
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holy wellhouse with medieval origins, made from stones taken from a ruined chapel or wellhouse, reconstructed in the 19th century. It features granite ashlar and stone rubble. The building has a rectangular plan with a central entrance. The exterior is a low, wide structure with a granite ashlar front and chamfered granite coping that rises in a gable over the central entrance. The entrance has a chamfered elliptical arch made of granite with chamfered jambs. The door, dating from the 19th century, is of double construction with vertical boards on the inner side and diagonal planks on the front, adorned with ornate wrought iron hinges. The side and rear walls are made of stone rubble. Inside, there is a rectangular well sump and a flat roof made of large stone flags. The building is reputedly constructed from stones taken by Michael Williams from a ruined chapel or wellhouse in the parish of Lesnewth.

Local climate

Holy Well sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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