St Peter's Well, Houston is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 August 1977. Well.
St Peter's Well, Houston
- WRENN ID
- fallen-terrace-bramble
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Constituency
- Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1977
- Type
- Well
- OS grid reference
- NS 407 675
- Coordinates
- 55.87428, -4.54673
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Peter's Well in Houston is reputed to be an ancient Holy Well. It is covered by a simple, undecorated structure measuring approximately 5 feet by 4 feet and standing 4 feet high. The attribution to the 14th century is unconfirmed.
Local climate
St Peter's Well, Houston sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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