Town Well is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1984. Town well.
Town Well
- WRENN ID
- steep-foundation-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1984
- Type
- Town well
- Address
- Town Well, Main Street, Brafferton and Helperby
- OS grid reference
- SE 438 699
- Coordinates
- 54.12317, -1.32994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Well, built in 1897, is located on the west side of Main Street in Helperby. It is constructed of sandstone and features a leaded ogee dome topped with a lion finial. The well is supported by octagonal Tuscan columns on high pedestals, which hold up a dentilled cornice. It includes a brass head water spout and a stone basin. The structure is inscribed with the following: "1837 VR 1897. To commemorate 60 years of the reign of Queen Victoria. This artesian well and building were given to the inhabitants of Helperby by James Coates. 30th June 1897. God Save the Queen."
Local climate
Town Well receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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