Holywell is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. Well. 1 related planning application.

Holywell

WRENN ID
second-plinth-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1984
Type
Well
Address
Holywell, Church Lane, Shobrooke
OS grid reference
SS 863 012
Coordinates
50.79955, -3.61444
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holywell is a well located on Church Lane in Shobrooke. The original date of the well is unknown, but the well-head was rebuilt in 1925. It features a well-head made of volcanic stone, with a wooden door set into a hedge-bank. The entrance has a round-headed stone arch with plain imposts. The wooden plank door is fitted with wrought-iron strap-hinges that have plain fleur-de-lys finials. The well was first mentioned in parish records in 1576. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Holywell receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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