The Diamond Jubilee Well is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. Well house.

The Diamond Jubilee Well

WRENN ID
broken-hall-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1983
Type
Well house
Address
The Diamond Jubilee Well, Oxford Street, the Lee
OS grid reference
SP 910 041
Coordinates
51.72827, -0.68326
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Diamond Jubilee Well is a well house built in 1897, featuring oak framing and a tiled roof. Designed by craftsmen from Liberty and Co, it showcases Art Nouveau details and has a hexagonal plan topped with a pyramid roof. The south side has double gates, while fixed gates are positioned between other posts. The winding machinery inside is still intact. An inscription on the top rail of the gates reads, "This well was built by public subscription in commemoration of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee, Anno Domini MD CCCXCVII." The gate is equipped with heavy iron hinges and is inscribed with 'The Lee Common Jubilee Well'.

Local climate

The Diamond Jubilee Well sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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