Well-Head Approximately 130 Metres West of Blegberry Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. Well-head.

Well-Head Approximately 130 Metres West of Blegberry Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tilted-dormer-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1958
Type
Well-head
OS grid reference
SS 230 262
Coordinates
51.00812, -4.52423
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The well-head, located approximately 130 metres west of Blegberry Farmhouse, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1657. It features stone rubble walls and a gabled stone corbelled roof, which is supported internally by flat lintels. This small rectangular building has a square-headed doorway on the front gable wall, above which is a small square niche. The gable also displays a stone inscription reading "1657 WA," which signifies William Atkyns.

Local climate

Well-Head Approximately 130 Metres West of Blegberry Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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