Well-house at Bettws Newydd is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 March 2000. Well-house.
Well-house at Bettws Newydd
- WRENN ID
- tattered-obsidian-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 March 2000
- Type
- Well-house
- Address
- Well-house at Bettws Newydd, Usk, Llanarth
- OS grid reference
- SO 360 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75067, -2.92791
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The well-house at Bettws Newydd is a timber-framed shelter dating from the 19th century, featuring a hipped plain tile roof. It has a rectangular plan with an open front and low rock-faced rubble stone walls on the other three sides, which are slightly returned inwards at each end. The structure includes chamfered posts and arch braces supporting the wide opening, with narrow panels on each side that have a low rail, an upper rail, and a pierced flower panel at the top. Small brackets extend from the main posts. The two-bay ends display similar detailing but lack the floral panels. The rear consists of narrow outer panels like those on the front, along with three wider bays that have arch braces forming pointed arches.
Inside, there is a fountain featuring a stone basin and a sandstone ashlar back with a five-leaf half-circle radiating from a marble dolphin head outlet. An inscription encircles the fountain, stating: "Draw Water out of the Wells of Salvation. Isa XII 3," accompanied by a plaque above.
Local climate
Well-house at Bettws Newydd receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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