Well House and Containing Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 November 1987. Well-house. 1 related planning application.

Well House and Containing Wall

WRENN ID
stranded-joist-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 November 1987
Type
Well-house
Address
Well House and Containing Wall, Compton Road, Hilmarton, SN11 8SG
OS grid reference
SU 020 752
Coordinates
51.47603, -1.97181
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Well House, built around 1900, is a circular structure supported by six timber posts with arched braces. It features a conical roof made of stone slates, topped with a timber finial. Inside, there is stone paving. At the back, a squared rubble wall curves out to the road line. This well house is identical to those established by the Poynder family in Biddestone, Colerne, and Derry Hill in Wiltshire.

Local climate

Well House and Containing Wall receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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