St Anthony's Well

ST ANTHONY'S WELL

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1299171
Date first listed:
04-Jul-1985
List Entry Name:
St Anthony's Well
Statutory Address:
ST ANTHONY'S WELL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1299171
Date first listed:
04-Jul-1985
List Entry Name:
St Anthony's Well
Statutory Address 1:
ST ANTHONY'S WELL

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
ST ANTHONY'S WELL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Gloucestershire
District:
Forest of Dean (District Authority)
Parish:
Littledean
National Grid Reference:
SO 67013 15754

Details

SO 61 NE LITTLEDEAN - at NGR S0670157

6/68 St. Anthony's Well

II

Well or spring, probably late C18: squared, coursed stone with irregular coping. Spring and bathing pool in line. Spring rises in square well, sheltered in square-headed recess in wall about lm high in bank. Water runs in pipe to bathing pool, sunk into ground: pool about 3.5 x 2.5m in plan, reported 1.5m deep. A flight of steps between retaining walls leads down in centre of long side to bottom. Outlet at high level by a stone trough, set off centre, across top of wall about 1.4m thick. Water runs thence down bank to stream, on centre-line of pool. Probably largest and most picturesque holy well in Gloucestershire. (Committee for Rescue Archaeology: Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset, 1977 report)

Listing NGR: SO6701315754

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Legacy System number:
354140
Legacy System:
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Sources

Books and journals
Committee for Rescue Archaeology in Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset Report in Committee for Rescue Archaeology in Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset Report, (1977)

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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