Wellhouse 120 Metres to South East of Pentireglaze is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Wellhouse.
Wellhouse 120 Metres to South East of Pentireglaze
- WRENN ID
- moated-loft-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Wellhouse
- OS grid reference
- SW 943 797
- Coordinates
- 50.58133, -4.90588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wellhouse, located approximately 120 meters southeast of Pentireglaze, dates from the 18th century. It features thick low stone rubble walls and a stone rubble roof with a front gable end, topped by a flat slate slab. The building has a rectangular plan and is built into the side of a bank over a spring. The entrance is located in the front gable end, which has a triangular arched head that is truncated by the flat roof. Inside, there is a rectangular well opening and a stone corbelled roof with a flat top.
Local climate
Wellhouse 120 Metres to South East of Pentireglaze sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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