WELL-HEAD WITH WALLS, STEPS AND RAILINGS

WELL-HEAD WITH WALLS, STEPS AND RAILINGS, HOLLOWAY

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395876
Date first listed:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: WELL-HEAD WITH WALLS, STEPS AND RAILINGS
Statutory Address:: WELL-HEAD WITH WALLS, STEPS AND RAILINGS, HOLLOWAY

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395876
Date first listed:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: WELL-HEAD WITH WALLS, STEPS AND RAILINGS
Statutory Address 1:: WELL-HEAD WITH WALLS, STEPS AND RAILINGS, HOLLOWAY

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:: WELL-HEAD WITH WALLS, STEPS AND RAILINGS, HOLLOWAY

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

District:: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: ST 74722 64145

Details

HOLLOWAY 656-1/0/0 (South side) Well-head with walls, steps and railings

GV II

Wellhead in arched recess with walls, steps and railings. Mid C19. MATERIALS: Limestone rubble and ashlar dressings, cast iron railings. EXTERIOR: High rubble wall with heavy sandstone coping and crowned by spearhead railings contains wide segmental arch with bold alternating voussoirs over recess approx 1m deep, to rear wall with central opening to vertical jambs to deep embrasure to water source. Across base to front, much overgrown at time of survey (June 1994), bed of cistern or trough. To left wall finishes to stopped end, and to right to tall square pier, then further walling running down to landing with three+seven wide steps rising to path returning to south-east, path extends approx 12m flanked by railings, stopped to gateway at upper end. HISTORY: This may be the holy well from which street gains its modern name. Leland, in c1536, commented on the springs occurring at this `suburb¿ of the city.

Listing NGR: ST7472264145

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:: 511286
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

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