Well Immediately to West of Westacott Barton is a Grade II* listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. A C17 Well-head.

Well Immediately to West of Westacott Barton

WRENN ID
moated-lintel-rye
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1987
Type
Well-head
Address
Well Immediately to West of Westacott Barton, North Tawton
OS grid reference
SS 684 022
Coordinates
50.80482, -3.86809
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a well-head located immediately to the west of Westacott Barton, likely dating from the 17th century. It features stone rubble side walls and a gabled roof that is corbelled on the inside. The small square building has a round granite arched opening at the front, which includes a granite inner arch. Inside, there is a circular well, and the structure is built into the bank at the rear. This well-head is noted as a particularly good example of an early secular well-head.

Local climate

Well Immediately to West of Westacott Barton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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