Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
80804
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/12/2002
Date of Amendment
31/12/2002
Name of Property
St Cadfan's Well
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Banwy
Town
Locality
Llangadfan
Easting
301104
Northing
310442
Street Side
Location
At north side of the road 100m west of Pont Llangadfan (reached by a small path connecting Dol-feinir and Bryn-hyfryd).
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
St Cadfan''s well is a spring of indefinite antiquity with a reputation for cures, and is mentioned in the Cambrian Register, 1796, as covered by a building, but this has not survived. When the adjacent road was
constructed as part of the work associated with Pont Llangadfan in c.1845 the rector, the Rev. Griffith
Howell, insisted on an arch being constructed to protect the well. It has been used within living memory
and the water is regarded as particularly pure.
Exterior
A small rectangular three-sided structure of local roughly dressed stone, enclosing a shallow pool. The
opening at front is a little over 1 m high, and there are steps down to the water. The top is slabbed over.
Interior
Reason for designation
An ancient holy well in good state of preservation, its history documented.
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