The Chalice Well
THE CHALICE WELL, CHILKWELL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1167594
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jun-1950
- List Entry Name:
- The Chalice Well
- Statutory Address:
- THE CHALICE WELL, CHILKWELL STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1167594
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jun-1950
- List Entry Name:
- The Chalice Well
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CHALICE WELL, CHILKWELL STREET
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.
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:
- THE CHALICE WELL, CHILKWELL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Glastonbury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 50727 38522, ST 50759 38566
Details
CHILKWELL STREET 1. 1133 (North East Side) The Chalice Well ST 5038 8/5 21.6.50. GV 2. Spring of chalybeate water rising on southern slope of Chalice Hill. A pre-Christian well traditionally associated with the legend of the Holy Grail and Joseph of Arimathea's hermitage. The well itself is built of stone blocks and forms 2 underground chambers, the inner one reached through an rchway at the foot of the west wall of the well-shaft. Total depth is about 9 ft. Wooden well-cover with wrought-iron decoration made in 19l9. Lower down the hill is a mid-C18 stone-flagged courtyard with a stone bath fed by waterfall. Nos 87 and 89, The Chalice Well and Tor Schoolhouse form an important group.
Listing NGR: ST5065638508
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 265891
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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