St Cleer'S Well And Wall

ST CLEER WELL LANE, St Cleer SX 26 NW 10/98 St Cleer's Well and wall 21.8.64 GV I Holy well. Late C15; restored 1864. Granite ashlar and squared granite rubble. Granite roof with gable end to front and rear. Plan: The wall is rectangular, with open front and sides, and gable end to front and rear; the well is inside the building. There is a low stone wall to the front and sides. Exterior: The well is a small single storey building on a hollow-chamfered stone plinth. The front and each side have an arcade of 2 round arches, with polygonal piers with roll-mouldings and moulded abaci. The front gable end has a central image niche, with a pinnacle to each side and one to the apex of the gable. At the rear there are 2 low round arches, with a triangular recess inside the buildng as a rere- arch. On the outside of the rear wall is an image niche, with a pinnacle to each side. Interior: Granite floor, with the well to the rear. The roof is a stone vault, with lateral ribs springing from an inner chamfered shaft with a plain abacus to the right and left sides. The arches of the arcades are hollow-chamfered inside. The rear wall has an image niche with segmental head to right and a small corbelled niche to left. Along the front and sides, extending about 6 metres along the front and about 4 metres to each side, a granite wall about one metre high, with moulded coping. Ancient monument No 192.

Listing NGR: SX2494868310