St Edward's Well is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Grotto.
St Edward's Well
- WRENN ID
- sunken-lancet-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Grotto
- Address
- St Edward's Well, Maugersbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 190 245
- Coordinates
- 51.91906, -1.72454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. Edward's Well is a grotto that serves as a backdrop to the well, dating from around 1800. It is constructed from cyclopean limestone and was created as part of a pleasure garden known as The Retreat, which was developed around the same time to promote Stow as a resort destination. The spring, referred to as both Holy Well and St. Edward's Well in 1766, was believed to be beneficial for weak eyes. Nearby, there were two cottages intended for selling refreshments; one was Gothic in style while the other was classical, featuring stuccoed walls, a Venetian window, and a pedimented gable end. Both cottages are now in ruins. Below the grotto, there was a lake with curving retaining walls and footbridges, although the cottages and retaining walls are not considered of listable quality. The Retreat was part of the glebe.
Local climate
St Edward's Well receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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