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
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1988
Type
Well
Address
St Aldhelm's Well (Previously Listed As St. Aldhams Well) to West of Doulting Manor, Well Lane
OS grid reference
ST 645 432
Coordinates
51.187, -2.50916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St. Aldhelm's Well, located to the west of Doulting Manor, is an 18th-century well head made of dressed stone. Water emerges from a low opening in a stone wall that is set into a bank and flows through a shallow channel with dressed stone sides. On either side of the spring area, there are flanking rubble walls that enclose it. There is also a further section of walling along the roadside that extends approximately southwest from each side of the well. Although it is a medieval site, most of what is visible today has been rebuilt. This well is considered one of the most authentic holy wells in Somerset. It is historically significant as it is believed to be the place where St. Aldhelm died during his visitation in AD 709.

Local climate

St Aldhelm's Well (Previously Listed As St. Aldhams Well) to West of Doulting Manor receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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