Holy Well is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Holy well house. 1 related planning application.
Holy Well
- WRENN ID
- tall-porch-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Holy well house
- Address
- Holy Well, Landaviddy Lane, Polperro, PL13 2RT
- OS grid reference
- SX 203 510
- Coordinates
- 50.33196, -4.52506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holy Well is a well house located on Landaviddy Lane in Polperro. It is believed to be dedicated to St Peter and may have medieval origins. The well is a field spring that issues from rock, although much of it is thought to have disappeared during road works in the 20th century. Above the well, there were once the ruins of the Chapel of St Peter of Porthpyre, which existed in 1392. In 1895, Quiller Couch described the spring as "never dry" and noted its reputation for special virtues, which has persisted despite the loss of the structure that once enclosed it. The spring continues to attract visitors seeking remedies for ailments, particularly eye problems, and it is believed that proper ceremonies can yield beneficial results.
Local climate
Holy Well sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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