Well Of St Symphorian

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.