Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
6241
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/04/1977
Date of Amendment
28/03/2002
Name of Property
St John's Well
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Tenby
Town
Tenby
Locality
Easting
213063
Northing
200808
Street Side
Location
Set into retaining wall by roadside outside Langstone on S side of St John's Hill.
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
C19 plaque set in stonework under small gable. John Leland, on his visit to Tenby in or about 1539, noted that the towns people obtained their water from a well near St John’s Hospital, that is, presumably from this well.
Exterior
Marble small plaque inscribed in black lead capitals: 'Under this stone is St John’s Well for many centuries the sole water supply of the inhabitants of Tenby'. Set in gabled surround of tooled grey limestone on top of rubble stone retaining wall.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for historical reasons as marking the former St John's Well.
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