St Aldhelm'S Well (Previously Listed As St. Aldhams Well) To West Of Doulting Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Well.
St Aldhelm'S Well (Previously Listed As St. Aldhams Well) To West Of Doulting Manor
- WRENN ID
- rough-rubblework-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Well
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
DOULTING CP WELL LANE (South side) ST644S 12/267 St. Aldhelm's well (previously listed as St. Aldhams Well) to west of Doulting Manor 2.6.61 - II
Well head. C18. Dressed stone. Water issues from a low opening in a stone wall set into a bank and flows through a shallow channel with dressed stone sides; flanking rubble walls extend to each side enclosing the spring area. Further section of walling on roadside extending approximately SW to each side of the well. A medieval site, but most of what can now be seen has been rebuilt. One of the most authentic holy wells of Somerset. It was here, in AD 709, that St. Aldhem died while on his visitation, (Hornet E., Holy Wells of Somerset, l923).
Listing NGR: ST6451243210
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