The Well House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. Well house. 1 related planning application.

The Well House

WRENN ID
woven-outpost-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 1986
Type
Well house
Address
The Well House, Church Rise, Corsham, SN13 9SX
OS grid reference
ST 860 682
Coordinates
51.41349, -2.2017
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Well House is a well house that has been converted into a summerhouse, likely from the 19th century. It is circular in shape and features timber posts supporting a conical roof covered with stone tiles. The openings of the structure have been filled in with rubble stone, and there is a door located on the west side.

Local climate

The Well House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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