Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
81146
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/05/2003
Date of Amendment
28/05/2003
Name of Property
Wellhouse by Hen Ysgol
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Cwm Cadnant
Town
Locality
Llandegfan
Easting
256662
Northing
374094
Street Side
N
Location
Set alongside the N side of Bro Llewellyn at the N end of the village of Llangegfan; directly to SE of Hen Ysgol.
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
Late C19 wellhouse, dated by the inscription upon the exposed face of the tie beam which bears the date : A D 1899.
Exterior
Late C19 wellhouse in Arts and Crafts style. Raking walls of snecked masonry with large stones as quoins, slate wall plates and slate roof with advanced eaves and verges on an exposed framework of pegged timbers. An inscription is carved in the blades of the exposed trusses which reads: PARCHING SUMMER / HATH NO WARRANT / TO CONSUME THIS / CRYSTAL WELL, and across the tie beam: In loving memory of Richard Reynolds Rathbone / for the use of the parishioners of Llandegfan / This well and well house were given by his daughter / A D 1899.
To the rear of the wellhouse is a circular well of brick with modern capping.
Interior
There is a shallow stone trough along the L inner wall.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late C19 wellhouse, a robust essay in the Arts and Crafts style strong on the island in the late C19 and early C20.
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