St Kenelm's Well at Sp 043278 Including Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1960. Well-head building.
St Kenelm's Well at Sp 043278 Including Railings
- WRENN ID
- young-rood-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1960
- Type
- Well-head building
- Address
- St Kenelm's Well at Sp 043278 Including Railings, Sudeley Hill, Winchcombe
- OS grid reference
- SP 043 277
- Coordinates
- 51.94864, -1.938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Kenelm's Well is a well-head building located off the north side of Sudeley Hill in Winchcombe. It was dated 1887 but may include some elements from a 16th-century building that once stood on the site. The structure features large limestone ashlar blocks with coped gables topped with finials, and a stone slate roof with dentil course eaves that are supported by scroll brackets at each end. There is a moulded plinth that is offset.
At the entrance, there are small chamfered lights with scrolls that resemble cusping, and a central flat-backed statue niche that is pedimented, featuring a figure carrying a sword and orb. This niche is positioned above an entablature that sits over a plank and stud door within a chamfered surround. An inscription on the building reads 'AD 819 S.KENELMUS', while another inscription notes that the 'shrine' was erected during the time of Queen Elizabeth but was reconstructed in 1887.
The well is enclosed by 19th-century iron railings, consisting of five panels by nine panels, along with gates. This site is traditionally believed to be where St Kenelm's body rested on its way to the Abbey, and a chapel was located here during the Middle Ages.
Local climate
St Kenelm's Well at Sp 043278 Including Railings receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% 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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