Holy Well of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. A Medieval Well.
Holy Well of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- odd-belfry-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Well
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Holy Well of St Leonard, Sheepstor, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 560 676
- Coordinates
- 50.49074, -4.03039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Holy Well of St Leonard is a medieval structure located in Sheepstor. It features granite rubble walls and a roof that encloses the well. The entrance has a chamfered arched opening with a pierced gable above, which likely incorporates tracery from church windows.
Local climate
Holy Well of St Leonard receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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