Russell Spring and Raised Walkway is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Retaining wall and spring.
Russell Spring and Raised Walkway
- WRENN ID
- blind-screen-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1983
- Type
- Retaining wall and spring
- Address
- Russell Spring and Raised Walkway, High Street, Blockley
- OS grid reference
- SP 162 346
- Coordinates
- 52.00976, -1.76528
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Russell Spring and Raised Walkway is a mid-19th century structure located on the north-west side of High Street in Blockley. It features a drystone rubble retaining wall with a soldier course at the parapet and a plain string at path level. The wall follows the line of the road, starting at Arlington Terrace and extending approximately 25 yards short of Rock Bank, reaching a height of about 11 feet above Russell Spring.
Russell Spring itself is situated nearly opposite the entrance to Malvern House and consists of a simple gabled aedicule that contains a niche with a water spout. The tympanum above the niche is inscribed with the words "Water from the Living Rock God's Precious Gift to Man," and the niche is labeled "Russell Spring." This structure was built using unemployed labor during the winter under the supervision of Richard Belcher, the Parish Waywarden.
The spring is named after Lucy Russell, who worked at the nearby mill from around 1800 to 1820 and passed away in 1858.
Local climate
Russell Spring and Raised Walkway receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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