Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19686
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/04/1998
Date of Amendment
22/04/1998
Name of Property
Well House at Abbey Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llantysilio
Town
Llangollen
Locality
Valle Crucis
Easting
320248
Northing
344241
Street Side
E
Location
The well house is built into the embankment of the road by Abbey Farm, facing the lane leading to Valle Crucis.
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
Built probably in the early C19 at the time the main Horseshoe Pass road was undergoing improvements.
Exterior
Built of ashlar stone, set within and slightly forward of the battered dry stone retaining wall for the road embankment. Rectangular on plan, with the arched well recess facing E; a 2-centred arch in a Gothic style with wave moulding between fillets, dying into the chamfered jambs which terminate at the bottom with cut stops. The top of the wellhouse consists of 5 offset chamfered courses, hipped at the front, the sides running back into the embankment. The well opening is 62 cm wide, 110 cm high and 86 cm deep, clear water still wells up through the floor.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well designed small C19 well house in a Gothic style, in keeping with its function as the water source supplying Valle Crucis Abbey.
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