The Well House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. A C15 House. 4 related planning applications.
The Well House
- WRENN ID
- little-finial-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Well House, Plough Lane, Marston, SN10 5SR
- OS grid reference
- ST 968 568
- Coordinates
- 51.31095, -2.0464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Well House is a house dating from the 15th or 16th century, constructed with a timber frame and a hipped thatched roof, featuring two ridge stacks. It has one-and-a-half storeys. The timber framing is particularly heavy, incorporating curved tension braces. On the left side, the ground floor features a door, a triple casement window, and a door with splayed jettying under the eaves. Above the window is a timber-framed gable with a triple casement. To the right, there is a triple casement window with a pair of casement windows in a dormer. A section beyond this displays casement windows and thinner framing, likely added later. Exposed timber framing includes curved angle braces on the north end wall. The group value stems from the building’s exceptional architectural and historic significance within the Marston area.
Local climate
The Well House 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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