Holy Well to South of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Well house.

Holy Well to South of the Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
veiled-granite-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1988
Type
Well house
Address
Holy Well to South of the Church of St Michael, Michaelstow
OS grid reference
SX 080 788
Coordinates
50.57776, -4.71197
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The holy well house, possibly of medieval origin, is located to the south of the Church of St Michael. It is constructed from granite and stone rubble and is built into a bank. The structure features a small partly roofed well house with lower walls that surround a larger circular basin in front. The low stone rubble walls to the north of the well house may indicate the remains of a larger building. The well house itself is made of granite ashlar and retains remnants of a stone corbelled roof along with a square well opening. As of the last inspection in 1986, the well was dry and overgrown. According to Quiller Couch in "Ancient and Holy Wells of Cornwall," this well may have been part of a more significant structure, and it is traditionally linked to the ruins of an ancient baptistery.

Local climate

Holy Well to South of the Church of St Michael 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 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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