The Five Wells Well Head is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1972. Well head.

The Five Wells Well Head

WRENN ID
ragged-parapet-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1972
Type
Well head
Address
The Five Wells Well Head, Five Wells Lane, Helston
OS grid reference
SW 658 275
Coordinates
50.1014, -5.27564
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Five Wells well head is a structure dating from 1730, featuring an inscription to Thomas Cook MA. It is constructed from elvan ashlar and includes granite steps and coping, topped with wrought-iron railings. The well head has a convex retaining wall that is slightly protruding in the center. The water source is located in a central rectangular niche, and there are wide steps made of cobbles that are bordered with granite kerbs.

Local climate

The Five Wells Well Head receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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