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
82964
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/07/2004
Date of Amendment
16/07/2004
Name of Property
Higgon's Well
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech
Town
Haverfordwest
Locality
Uzmaston
Easting
196148
Northing
215055
Street Side
Location
On the E side of the estuary of the Cleddau Wen some 700m S of Haverfordwest station.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Medieval holy well, repaired c. 1989. The well was drawn in the early C19 by Charles Norris of Tenby, but was then lost to undergrowth. There was a chapel behind, now just retaining walls. The water is piped across the Cleddau for bottling as drinking water, and access to the interior not possible.
Exterior
Holy well chamber, rubble stone with rubble stone rough roof (formerly presumably stone-tiled or slated). Rectangular plan, exterior dimensions some 5m by 3m, with restored small pointed entry at W end, with stone voussoirs. Rear wall rebuilt in C20 with double-boarded doors and concrete arch.
Interior
Interior said to have rubble stone vault and benches around side.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as the largest surviving holy well in the region.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Pe 430 (PEM)
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