Well House at Pentillie Quay is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1987. Well house.

Well House at Pentillie Quay

WRENN ID
quiet-granite-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1987
Type
Well house
Address
Well House at Pentillie Quay, Pillaton
OS grid reference
SX 411 645
Coordinates
50.4596, -4.23937
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The well house at Pentillie Quay is a 19th-century structure made of slatestone rubble and granite. It is built into the bank at the rear. The front features a chamfered granite doorway with roll mouldings and a hood mould, along with a cast iron gate. Above the doorway is a gable with granite coping, which includes an inset granite stone displaying a carved moline cross and illegible initials. Steps lead down to the interior, which has a vaulted roof and a well located on the left side, accessed through a doorway with a chamfered granite lintel.

Local climate

Well House at Pentillie Quay sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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