St. Govan's Well is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 February 1996. Well.
St. Govan's Well
- WRENN ID
- grey-oriel-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1996
- Type
- Well
- Address
- St. Govan's Well, Bosherston, Stackpole and Castlemartin
- OS grid reference
- SR 967 929
- Coordinates
- 51.59858, -4.93667
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
St. Govan's Well is located about 25 meters south of St Govan's chapel, accessible by a flight of rough steps. This well is renowned alongside the chapel for its reputed cures of lameness and eye diseases. Although it was originally fed by a spring, it had been dry for many years by the time it was described in 1925.
The well features a short shaft measuring approximately 0.7 by 0.8 meters. The wellhead building is roughly square, with an opening on the north side that is spanned by a stone lintel. The top of the structure is roughly corbelled, sloping down to the south, east, and west, while rising to a rounded gable on the north side, although it has undergone significant restoration. Additionally, there is a boulder retaining wall on the north side of the well.
This site is listed for its historic interest and its group value with St Govan's Chapel.
Local climate
St. Govan's Well sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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