Well of St Symphorian is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1985. Holy well.
Well of St Symphorian
- WRENN ID
- hidden-column-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1985
- Type
- Holy well
- Address
- Well of St Symphorian, Veryan
- OS grid reference
- SW 915 395
- Coordinates
- 50.21933, -4.92305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Well of St Symphorian is a holy well with a medieval core, featuring decoration that may date back to 1847 by Samuel Trist, the Vicar. It was restored in 1912. The structure is made of slatestone rubble with granite dressings and is semi-circular in shape, built into the slope of the land. The east front is symmetrical and has a low doorway leading to the well. This doorway features chamfered granite jambs and reused egg and dart type decoration, with impost blocks from the 12th or 13th century and an arch composed of 15th-century cusped fragments beneath a 13th-century style hoodmould. The well head has rocky abutments and a flat top that supports a tapered octagonal granite shaft on a square chamfered base, capped by a trefoil roll gable finial, which is similar to one reused on a chest tomb in the churchyard. The interior includes a half dome corbelled roof, and the well is currently dry.
Local climate
Well of St Symphorian receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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