Saxon Well, About 25 Metres West of the Vicarage Gate on the Opposite Side of the Road
SAXON WELL, ABOUT 25 METRES WEST OF THE VICARAGE GATE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1242613
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Saxon Well, About 25 Metres West of the Vicarage Gate on the Opposite Side of the Road
- Statutory Address:
- SAXON WELL, ABOUT 25 METRES WEST OF THE VICARAGE GATE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD
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- Date:
- 2004-06-15
- Reference:
- IOE01/12475/26
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1242613
- Date first listed:
- 23-Aug-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Saxon Well, About 25 Metres West of the Vicarage Gate on the Opposite Side of the Road
- Statutory Address 1:
- SAXON WELL, ABOUT 25 METRES WEST OF THE VICARAGE GATE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD
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:
- SAXON WELL, ABOUT 25 METRES WEST OF THE VICARAGE GATE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Widecombe in the Moor
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 71777 76732
Details
WIDECOMBE-IN- WIDECOMBE-IN-THE-MOOR SX 77 NW THE MOOR 2/269 Saxon well, about 25 metres west of the vicarage gate on 23.8.55 the opposite side of the road
GV II
Well head. Probably Cl7 or earlier. Granite ashlar. Small structure about 1½ metres square and 1½ metres high. Roofed with a series of granite lintels, pro- jecting at each end and chamfered. Upon them rest 2 large slabs of granite forming a pitched roof, a triangular stone being placed at the apex to form a ridge. In the front is a small opening having a C20 plank door with ornamental iron hinges. Just below this are 2 small holes formerly containing outlet pipes discharging into a sunken trough. Source: T Brown in Transactions of Devonshire Association, 1957, p.215.
Listing NGR: SX7177476727
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 442043
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Transactions of the Devonshire Association in Transactions of the Devonshire Association, (1957), 215
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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