Well Housing at St Nectan's Well is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. A Medieval Well housing.

Well Housing at St Nectan's Well

WRENN ID
secret-flagstone-mint
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 housing
Period
Medieval
Address
Well Housing at St Nectan's Well, Welcombe
OS grid reference
SS 228 183
Coordinates
50.93757, -4.52266
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The well housing at St Nectan's Well is a holy well structure, likely dating back to medieval times, although the well itself is believed to be of pre-Conquest origin. It is built from rubble stone and has a rectangular shape. The plain stone structure features a gabled roof that is corbelled. The gable includes a small square-headed niche, and there is a square-headed opening leading to the well, which does not have a door. This well housing is located by the roadside and is dedicated to St Nectan, an Irish missionary saint from the 6th century.

Local climate

Well Housing at St Nectan's Well 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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