Daw's Well, Stenton is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1990. Cistern.
Daw's Well, Stenton
- WRENN ID
- outer-plinth-umber
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1990
- Type
- Cistern
- OS grid reference
- NT 620 741
- Coordinates
- 55.95903, -2.60932
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Daw's Well is an early 19th-century rectangular-plan cistern located in Stenton. It features large pink sandstone ashlar blocks on the east side, which face Mid Green, with rubble sides and rear. The cistern has ashlar coping along the parapets on the east, south, and north sides. A round-arched panel is recessed at the center of the east front. It includes a square cast-iron panel by Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock, which has a water spout. The roof is made of stone slabs.
Local climate
Daw's Well, Stenton receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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