Well House, Directly to East of Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Well house.
Well House, Directly to East of Well Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sunken-shingle-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Well house
- Address
- Well House, Directly to East of Well Cottage, Quethiock
- OS grid reference
- SX 312 647
- Coordinates
- 50.45816, -4.37843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The well house, located directly to the east of Well Cottage, dates from the mid-19th century and is constructed of stone rubble. It features a gable-ended roof made from four large stone slabs that are bolted together. The structure has a rectangular opening that contains a 20th-century plank door with a slightly arched slate lintel above it. The well house is situated directly opposite the parish Church of St Hugo and is associated with Cadoc, the Abbot of Llancarven, who was said to have the miraculous ability to make water rise in dry places.
Local climate
Well House, Directly to East of Well Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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