St Thomas A Becket's Well is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1976. Well.
St Thomas A Becket's Well
- WRENN ID
- cold-outpost-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South MP: Mike Reader (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1976
- Type
- Well
- Address
- St Thomas A Becket's Well, Bedford Road, Northampton
- OS grid reference
- SP 760 602
- Coordinates
- 52.23517, -0.88848
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Thomas a Becket's Well is a site located on Bedford Road, reputedly associated with Thomas Becket, who was summoned to Northampton to appear before the royal council in 1164. The original well head was replaced in 1843 and is now enclosed by a rectangular stone shelter featuring a pointed arch. The shelter has a stone slated roof with verges at the gables. This site is included for its historical interest.
Local climate
St Thomas A Becket's 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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