Anchorite Well is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Well.

Anchorite Well

WRENN ID
quartered-facade-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1985
Type
Well
Address
Anchorite Well, Anchorite Fields, Kendal
OS grid reference
SD 514 919
Coordinates
54.32065, -2.74858
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Anchorite Well is a spring linked to a medieval hermit. It is surrounded by a coursed, squared rubble enclosure wall that is approximately 4 feet high on the south and west sides, which may be partly medieval in origin. The spring was originally 6 to 7 feet deep but was filled to within 6 inches of the surface in the late 20th century.

Local climate

Anchorite Well sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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