The Paradise Well is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1966. A Late C18 Well.
The Paradise Well
- WRENN ID
- ragged-tower-bracken
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 1966
- Type
- Well
- Address
- The Paradise Well, Stourton with Gasper
- OS grid reference
- ST 774 340
- Coordinates
- 51.10504, -2.32402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Paradise Well is a Grade I listed structure located in Stourton with Gasper, within the Stourhead Gardens. This feature, likely dating from the late 18th century, consists of an urn positioned over a spring head. The urn is made of limestone and features a square plinth and base, with a circular wide-bodied shape that includes fluting and a scrolled frieze. It stands atop a brick spring head that has two arched openings. The urn was depicted in an 1813 painting by F. Nicholson, although it was originally located on the opposite side of the path. It was relocated to its current position by Henry Hoare, the 6th Baronet.
Local climate
The Paradise Well receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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