The Lady's Well is a Grade I listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1953. A 1788 Well.
The Lady's Well
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-quartz-fern
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland National Park
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1953
- Type
- Well
- Address
- The Lady's Well, Harbottle
- OS grid reference
- NT 952 029
- Coordinates
- 55.32027, -2.0759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lady's Well is a well or water tank located in Harbottle, dating back to possibly Roman times. The tank measures approximately 15 by 10 yards and was reconstructed in 1788, during which new low edging walls were added. At that time, a statue representing St. Paulinus was brought from Alnwick Castle and placed in the center of the tank. In the late 19th century, the statue was moved to the south end of the tank and replaced by a Celtic-style wheel-head cross. The site is reputed, though with uncertain evidence, to be where mass conversions by Paulinus took place on Easter Day in A.D. 627, but it is more likely to have served as a preaching station for St. Ninian.
Local climate
The Lady's Well receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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