Saxon Well, About 25 Metres West Of The Vicarage Gate On The Opposite Side Of The Road is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1955. Well head.
Saxon Well, About 25 Metres West Of The Vicarage Gate On The Opposite Side Of The Road
- WRENN ID
- roaming-outpost-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1955
- Type
- Well head
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WIDECOMBE-IN- WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR SX 77 NW THE MOOR 2/269 Saxon well, about 25 metres west of the vicarage gate on 23.8.55 the opposite side of the road
GV II
Well head. Probably Cl7 or earlier. Granite ashlar. Small structure about 1½ metres square and 1½ metres high. Roofed with a series of granite lintels, pro- jecting at each end and chamfered. Upon them rest 2 large slabs of granite forming a pitched roof, a triangular stone being placed at the apex to form a ridge. In the front is a small opening having a C20 plank door with ornamental iron hinges. Just below this are 2 small holes formerly containing outlet pipes discharging into a sunken trough. Source: T Brown in Transactions of Devonshire Association, 1957, p.215.
Listing NGR: SX7177476727
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