Maiden Well is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1993. A Georgian Well.
Maiden Well
- WRENN ID
- solitary-corbel-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1993
- Type
- Well
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Maiden Well, High Street, Portland, DT5 1JH
- OS grid reference
- SY 685 733
- Coordinates
- 50.55943, -2.44586
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Maiden Well is a Grade II listed structure located on the north side of High Street in Fortuneswell, Portland. It consists of the remains of a boundary wall and a well head or cistern, likely dating from the 18th century. The well is a small square construction made of rough squared Portland stone, measuring approximately 2 meters by 1.7 meters and standing 1.5 meters high, topped with a stone slab. Behind the well, there are remains of a stone block wall that rises six courses above the bank for about 8 meters in width, stepped at the southern end. Although it resembles a mounting block, this structure is one of the remnants of the water sources that were crucial to the island before piped water was introduced in 1900. As none of the formal well heads have survived, this modest remnant holds historical significance.
Local climate
Maiden Well receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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