Bisley Wells is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1987. Water outlets.
Bisley Wells
- WRENN ID
- pitched-loft-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1987
- Type
- Water outlets
- Address
- Bisley Wells, Wells Road, Bisley-With-Lypiatt
- OS grid reference
- SO 903 058
- Coordinates
- 51.75107, -2.14066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bisley Wells is a set of spring water outlets located on the north west side of Wells Road in Bisley Village. This structure was built in 1863 for Thomas Keble and was restored in 1958. It is made of ashlar limestone and designed in the Gothic revival style. The outlets feature a facetted apsidal recess set into a steep bank, which includes five water chutes and a set of four troughs to the north east. Each water chute has a hooded pointed arch with carved symbols in a circular trefoiled recess. Water flows onto a stone seat, running to an outlet at each end that feeds two additional chutes. Above the hoods, there is a carved stone inscription that reads: 'O YE WELLS / BLESS YE THE LORD / PRAISE HIM / AND MAGNIFY HIM / FOR EVER'. The left and right ends of the structure are inscribed with the words 'RESTORED' and 'AD 1863 & 1958', respectively. The stone troughs are designed to discharge water into one another and are traditionally decorated by villagers during the annual 'Dressing the Wells' ceremony.
Local climate
Bisley Wells receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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