HOLY WELL OF ST MORWENNA ABOUT 14 METRES DOWN THE CLIFF TO THE WEST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1231518
Date first listed:: 09-Sep-1985
List Entry Name:: HOLY WELL OF ST MORWENNA ABOUT 14 METRES DOWN THE CLIFF TO THE WEST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
Statutory Address:: HOLY WELL OF ST MORWENNA ABOUT 14 METRES DOWN THE CLIFF TO THE WEST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA

Photograph shows a large inscribed triangular stone incorporated into the structure of the wellhouse. — Uploaded by James Champion This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1231518
Date first listed:: 09-Sep-1985
List Entry Name:: HOLY WELL OF ST MORWENNA ABOUT 14 METRES DOWN THE CLIFF TO THE WEST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA
Statutory Address 1:: HOLY WELL OF ST MORWENNA ABOUT 14 METRES DOWN THE CLIFF TO THE WEST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MORWENNA

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: HOLY WELL OF ST MORWENNA ABOUT 14 METRES DOWN THE CLIFF TO THE WEST 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:: SS1994015332

Details

SS 21 NW MORWENSTOW MORWENSTOW

1/113 Holy Well of St Morwenna about - 14 metres down the cliff to the west of the Church of St Morwenna - II

Well house. Medieval origins. Dressed stone gabled well house built into the side of the cliff. Rectangular opening under stone lintel, triangular stone above lintel set in gable. Some repair to well by Hawker. Well house inaccessible without local guide. St Morwenna's well is illustrated in the Hawker memorial window (q.v. parish church).

Listing NGR: SS1994015332

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The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 64918
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.