Wellhead at Centre of Lyme Park's Courtyard is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1983. Wellhead.

Wellhead at Centre of Lyme Park's Courtyard

WRENN ID
moated-panel-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1983
Type
Wellhead
Address
Wellhead at Centre of Lyme Park's Courtyard, Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley, Cheshire East
OS grid reference
SJ 964 823
Coordinates
53.33812, -2.05478
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wellhead at the center of Lyme Park's courtyard dates from the 18th century and is likely of Italian origin, having been brought from Venice around 1900. It is made of white marble and stands on two hexagonal buff sandstone steps. The structure consists of six rectangular panels topped with a rounded cornice, creating a circular opening. The exterior of the panels features two armorial plaques, and there is an inscribed Latin poem that reads:

Parciore coelo quamius descendent imber, Hinc erit urgenti quod levet ora siti, Hec tantum hoc hominum praestat solertia verum, In medio dulces aequore aquas.

Local climate

Wellhead at Centre of Lyme Park's Courtyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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