Monks Well is a Grade II* listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1987. Wellhouse.

Monks Well

WRENN ID
wild-pewter-rain
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
New Forest National Park
Constituency
New Forest East MP: Sir Julian Lewis (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1987
Type
Wellhouse
Address
Monks Well, B3054, Beaulieu
OS grid reference
SU 397 030
Coordinates
50.82582, -1.4373
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Monks Well is a wellhouse built to supply water for the Abbey, dating from the late 13th century. This stone building has a circular plan with a diameter of 4 meters and features a domed roof. On one side, there is a shouldered-arch doorway. Inside, the wellhouse has a vaulted roof and a stone bench around the walls. The well was 're-discovered' in the 18th century when the Duke of Montagu had it connected to a hollowed tree trunk to supply water to the village, and it continued to do so until after the Second World War.

Local climate

Monks Well receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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