Well House is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. House.

Well House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1983
Type
House
Address
Well House, Callington Road (Off), Tavistock
OS grid reference
SX 474 739
Coordinates
50.54575, -4.15506
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Well House is a square stone rubble structure, approximately 8 feet high, with a flat concrete roof. It is dated 1568 but has been reconstructed recently. The building features a granite arched doorcase and was provided by John Fitz of Fitzford House.

Local climate

Well House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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