Wellhead in South Garden at Hartham House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. Wellhead.

Wellhead in South Garden at Hartham House

WRENN ID
sunken-lantern-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 1986
Type
Wellhead
Address
Wellhead in South Garden at Hartham House, Corsham
OS grid reference
ST 860 720
Coordinates
51.44697, -2.20198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wellhead in the south garden of Hartham House dates from the 15th or 16th century and is made of Istrian stone. It is circular in shape and features a moulded square cap with foliage carving at the corners. The wellhead was originally Venetian and was repurposed as a garden ornament around 1900. Above it, there is a decorative wrought iron arch and pulley, also added around 1900.

Local climate

Wellhead in South Garden at Hartham 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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