Lady Well
LADY WELL, ST MARYS CHURCHYARD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385317
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Lady Well
- Statutory Address:
- LADY WELL, ST MARYS CHURCHYARD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385317
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Lady Well
- Statutory Address 1:
- LADY WELL, ST MARYS CHURCHYARD
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:
- LADY WELL, ST MARYS CHURCHYARD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Barnstaple
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 55644 34211
Details
BARNSTAPLE
SS5534SE ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, Pilton
684-1/2/323 (North side)
Lady Well
II
Holy well. Probably medieval, but the superstructure looks no
older than C17; restored 1984. Consists of a small oblong
trough of water, filled from a source that cannot be seen from
outside. Stone barrel-vault above it. Superstructure consists
of a stone rubble wall with some red brick. At its base is a
semicircular chamfered opening with dressed stone voussoirs;
this gives access to the well and is closed by a C20 grille.
Above it is a slate plaque in a chamfered stone frame with
rounded top corner. The plaque is inscribed: 'The Ancient
LADYWELL restored Anno Domini MCMLXXXIV. I. KERR. Mason.'
HISTORICAL NOTE: the well is included among Theo Brown's 'Holy
and Notable Wells of Devon'. She describes it as a dripping
well; 'water diverted from a near-by spring into a sink in
wall'. Nothing appears to be known about its early history.
(Transactions of Devonshire Association: Brown T: Holy and
Notable Wells of Devon IV: 1960-: 102-3).
Listing NGR: SS5564434211
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 485779
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Brown, T, Transactions of the Devonshire Association in Holy and Notable Wells of Devon IV, (1960), 102-3
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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