Butterwell Approximately 50 Metres South-West of Moortown Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Well.
Butterwell Approximately 50 Metres South-West of Moortown Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ragged-roof-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Well
- OS grid reference
- SX 664 890
- Coordinates
- 50.68604, -3.89168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Butterwell is a structure dating from the 19th century, possibly earlier. It is constructed from large, roughly-shaped granite slabs and has a box-like form, standing approximately 750 millimeters high. The sides and flat roof are made from single pieces of granite. The north-east side, which faces the road, is open at the bottom, featuring a ledge across the front where water from the spring flows underneath. There is no evidence of any shelves inside, and a doorway is located at the front.
Local climate
Butterwell Approximately 50 Metres South-West of Moortown Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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