Baptistry Immediately North of Holy Well of St Credan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Baptistry.

Baptistry Immediately North of Holy Well of St Credan

WRENN ID
half-step-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1988
Type
Baptistry
Address
Baptistry Immediately North of Holy Well of St Credan, Sancreed
OS grid reference
SW 417 292
Coordinates
50.10746, -5.61277
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The baptistry, located immediately north of the Holy Well of St Credan in Sancreed, is a ruin that likely dates back to the medieval period. It is constructed from granite moorstone and dressed granite, featuring a rectangular plan. The doorway is positioned towards the left side of the front, which faces south. The structure is partly built into the bank at the rear, and remnants of simple rubble walls can be seen, surviving in places to about 1 metre high. Near the former doorway lies a monolithic chamfered round arched door-head. This site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Baptistry Immediately North of Holy Well of St Credan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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