The Well House About 35 Metres North of the Bishop's Palace
THE WELL HOUSE ABOUT 35 METRES NORTH OF THE BISHOP'S PALACE, BISHOP'S PALACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1382877
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1953
- List Entry Name:
- The Well House About 35 Metres North of the Bishop's Palace
- Statutory Address:
- THE WELL HOUSE ABOUT 35 METRES NORTH OF THE BISHOP'S PALACE, BISHOP'S PALACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1382877
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1953
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 31-May-2000
- List Entry Name:
- The Well House About 35 Metres North of the Bishop's Palace
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE WELL HOUSE ABOUT 35 METRES NORTH OF THE BISHOP'S PALACE, BISHOP'S PALACE
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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:
- THE WELL HOUSE ABOUT 35 METRES NORTH OF THE BISHOP'S PALACE, BISHOP'S PALACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wells
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 55227 45824
Details
WELLS
ST5445 BISHOP'S PALACE
662-1/7/8 The Well House, about 35 metres
12/11/53 north of the Bishop's Palace
(Formerly Listed as:
BISHOP'S PALACE
(including....Well-house in grounds))
GV I
Well house. 1451, for Bishop Bekynton. Doulting ashlar stone,
pyramidal Welsh slate roof with large stone crowning features
(possibly former outlet for chimney). Square on plan.
EXTERIOR: single-storey, single bay. Plinth, angled corner
buttresses, eaves moulding. One small 2-light transomd window
to east, south and west faces, having 2-centre arched lights
cinquefoil cusped, with incised spandrels, deep square labels
with plain stops. North face has a moulded 4-centre arched
doorway with label, plain boarded door.
INTERIOR: a plain plastered shallow domical vault ceiling,
stone flag floor with large square hole in centre, over well.
Small plain fireplace in north-west corner.
The well-house provided originally by Bekynton as a conduit
for the citizens, in the Market Place, later moved to its
present location N of the Palace. The supply of water from the
wells to the town has been an important privilege since the
early middle ages.
(Colchester LS: Wells Cathedral: a History: Shepton Mallet:
1982-: 238).
Listing NGR: ST5522745824
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 483263
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colchester, LS, Wells Cathedral: A History, (1982), 238
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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