Butterwell Approximately 4 Metres West of East Coombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Well.
Butterwell Approximately 4 Metres West of East Coombe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- high-crypt-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Well
- OS grid reference
- SX 683 871
- Coordinates
- 50.66904, -3.86387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Butterwell is a well located approximately 4 metres west of East Coombe Farmhouse. It is likely from the mid to late 17th century, possibly earlier, and constructed from granite stone rubble, including some large roughly-dressed slabs. The well has been excavated into the ground down to the water table, with the head of water enclosed in a square-headed recess that is about 1.75 metres high and covered by a massive granite slab at ground level. In front of the well, to the west, there is a rectangular sunken area that is paved and walled with granite. On the north side of this area, a flight of granite steps leads up to ground level. The well opening has fittings for a doorway, but any shelves that may have been inside the well housing have since been removed.
Local climate
Butterwell Approximately 4 Metres West of East Coombe 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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