St Ovins Well is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Fountain. 1 related planning application.
St Ovins Well
- WRENN ID
- turning-loggia-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- St Ovins Well, Low Street, Lastingham, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 729 904
- Coordinates
- 54.30426, -0.88019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A public fountain, likely dating from the 18th century but with possible earlier origins. Constructed from tooled sandstone and coursed rubble sandstone, it features a rectangular recess set into a wall, with a segment-arched, rebated opening positioned beneath a shallow gabled lintel resting on plain jambs.
Local climate
St Ovins Well receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings