Holy Well of St John About 125 Metres South East of the Church of St Morwenna
HOLY WELL OF ST JOHN ABOUT 125 METRES SOUTH EAST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1141781
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Holy Well of St John About 125 Metres South East of the Church of St Morwenna
- Statutory Address:
- HOLY WELL OF ST JOHN ABOUT 125 METRES SOUTH EAST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1141781
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Holy Well of St John About 125 Metres South East of the Church of St Morwenna
- Statutory Address 1:
- HOLY WELL OF ST JOHN ABOUT 125 METRES SOUTH EAST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- HOLY WELL OF ST JOHN ABOUT 125 METRES SOUTH EAST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Morwenstow
- National Grid Reference:
- SS2064815294
Details
SS 21 NW MORWENSTOW MORWENSTOW
1/112 Holy well of St John about 125 - metres south east of the Church of St Morwenna - II
Well house. Medieval origins. Dressed coursed stone with timber door. Rectangular well house with steeply gabled roof with flat ridge. Rectangular entrance in a gable end has stone lintel and jambs with C19 timber door with strap hinges. Granite capping and small granite cross set on top. Interior not inspected. The well is documented as early as 1296 and was the subject of a lawsuit between Sir John Yarde Buller and the Reverend R S Hawker (q.v. church and vicarage), poet, antiquary and vicar of Morwenstow from 1835-1874, in 1843. Both parties claimed ownership of the well, Hawker won the case. The well is illustrated in the Hawker memorial window in the church, with Hawker and his dog standing beside it. E W F Tomlin, The Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow, Cornwall (Bude), 1982, p.12.
Listing NGR: SS2064815294
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 64917
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Tomlin, E W F, The Church of St Morwenna and John the Baptist Morwenstow Cornwall, (1982), 12
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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