The Chalice Well is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1950. A Pre-Christian (traditional association) Well. 3 related planning applications.
The Chalice Well
- WRENN ID
- small-tower-yarrow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1950
- Type
- Well
- Address
- The Chalice Well, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 507 385
- Coordinates
- 51.14422, -2.70529
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chalice Well is a Grade I listed spring of chalybeate water located on the southern slope of Chalice Hill, along Chilkwell Street. This well has pre-Christian origins and is traditionally linked to the legend of the Holy Grail and the hermitage of Joseph of Arimathea. Constructed from stone blocks, the well features two underground chambers, with the inner chamber accessible through an archway at the foot of the west wall of the well-shaft, reaching a total depth of about 9 feet. A wooden well-cover with wrought-iron decoration was made in 1919. Further down the hill, there is a mid-18th century stone-flagged courtyard that includes a stone bath fed by a waterfall. The Chalice Well, along with Nos 87 and 89, the Tor Schoolhouse, forms an important group.
Local climate
The Chalice Well receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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