Butter Well About 40 Metres West of Hernaford Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Butter cooler well.
Butter Well About 40 Metres West of Hernaford Cottage
- WRENN ID
- first-hall-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Butter cooler well
- OS grid reference
- SX 782 555
- Coordinates
- 50.38719, -3.7136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Butter well located about 40 metres west of Hernaford Cottage, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed of slate rubble and built into a bank, featuring a triangular corbelled arch at the open front, which has a rebate for a door that is now missing. The interior is also lined with slate rubble and has a corbelled slate roof. There are small square recessed shelves on either side, positioned low down but above the water level.
Local climate
Butter Well About 40 Metres West of Hernaford Cottage receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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