The Eyewell is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. Well.
The Eyewell
- WRENN ID
- dim-shingle-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Well
- Address
- The Eyewell, Traits Lane, Queen Camel
- OS grid reference
- ST 588 249
- Coordinates
- 51.02262, -2.58784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Eyewell is a well cistern located in a roadside bank in Queen Camel. It has medieval origins, although the date of the current structure is unknown. The enclosure is made of lias stone and features a slab lid, supported by four courses of coursed rubble on three sides. The water level is just below the road. This well contains a sulphurous spring that has been used for medicinal purposes, particularly for eye problems. It likely served as a focal point in the old village of Queen Camel, which was mostly destroyed by fire in 1639.
Local climate
The Eyewell 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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