Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22880
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/03/2000
Date of Amendment
03/03/2000
Name of Property
Well opposite St Cenydd's Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
Town
Swansea
Locality
Llangennith village
Easting
242862
Northing
191464
Street Side
Location
Across the road opposite the lychgate of St Cenydd's Church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
A well probably of greater age than St Cenydd's church. It is illustrated as it was before C19 alteration in J D Davies' History of West Gower. Davies' drawing shows a 'rude incised cross within a square' carved on a capstone. The capstone he regarded as early Christian, not later than the C8.
The well-head structure of two stone piers and a lintel plus upright copings was constructed c.1880 in response to a typhoid outbreak (very similar to a well at Reynoldston). The water pipe was covered in order to protect it from fouling by animals. The capstone in Davies' drawing is now missing, unless built into the later well-head.
Exterior
A public well consisting of a water channel between kerbstones, formed in the local conglomerate sandstone. The water now issues from two points, one of which is covered by a C19 well-head. C19 circular drain grating at the lower end of the channel.
Interior
Reason for designation
An ancient 'holy well' little altered since the Middle Ages, listed also for group value with St Cenydd's Church.
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