Church Well is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1988. Wellhouse.

Church Well

WRENN ID
dusted-ashlar-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1988
Type
Wellhouse
Address
Church Well, Church Road, Thornton in Craven
OS grid reference
SD 901 483
Coordinates
53.93093, -2.15176
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Well is a wellhouse built in 1764. It is constructed from rubble with a stone slab roof and has an octagonal shape, featuring coping and a monolithic cap and ball. The coping is inscribed with the words: "H RICHARDSON RECTOR Fontem huic salutiferum et perantiquum tecto munivit Anno Aerae Christianae MDCCL XIV Quod Publicae Sanitati bene vorcat," which translates to "H Richardson Rector furnished this ancient and health-giving spring with a roof in the year of the Christian Era 1764, to turn it to the public good."

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