St Lawrence's Well with Adjacent Drinking Trough and Pump, in Front of Kingsmead House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Well, drinking trough, pump.
St Lawrence's Well with Adjacent Drinking Trough and Pump, in Front of Kingsmead House
- WRENN ID
- fossil-pilaster-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Well, drinking trough, pump
- Address
- St Lawrence's Well with Adjacent Drinking Trough and Pump, in Front of Kingsmead House, the Street, Didmarton
- OS grid reference
- ST 822 875
- Coordinates
- 51.58608, -2.25741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. Lawrence's Well, along with an adjacent drinking trough and pump, is located in a recessed section of the garden wall of Kingsmead House, facing The Street. The well is traditionally believed to have been blessed by St. Lawrence around 600 AD, while the trough and pump date from the 19th century. In front, there is a grassy area approximately 17 meters long, with the well, trough, and pump situated against a dry rubble stone wall, which features some vermiculated stone at the top.
The pump is positioned to the right, made of iron and raised on a filled-in basin, accessible by one step. It has a working handle and an oval plate on the stem inscribed with "J FLETCHER / PLUMBER / YATE." To the left of the pump and slightly right of center in the wall recess is the animal trough, crafted from a single hollowed-out stone that measures about 2.8 meters long, with a tooled front edge and a built-up step on the left that contains the end of a circular pipe.
To the far left, within a horseshoe-shaped recess of the wall, is the well, which is a spring that is thought never to have frozen or dried up. It was likely originally accessed by a series of flat stones, some of which are now displaced. There is level access from the grass on the left, but to the right, there are still steps leading up to three large stones placed vertically in front of it and along the rear wall. These three closely grouped features are significant both historically and visually within the village.
Local climate
St Lawrence's Well with Adjacent Drinking Trough and Pump, in Front of Kingsmead House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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