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Gate Piers and Holy Well 120 Metres to South East of Trescobel

A Grade II Listed Building in St. Kew, Cornwall

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.5573 / 50°33'26"N

Longitude: -4.7918 / 4°47'30"W

OS Eastings: 202344

OS Northings: 76780

OS Grid: SX023767

Mapcode National: GBR ZW.VYG0

Mapcode Global: FRA 07VL.H09

Plus Code: 9C2QH645+W7

Entry Name: Gate Piers and Holy Well 120 Metres to South East of Trescobel

Listing Date: 26 June 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1332556

English Heritage Legacy ID: 351560

ID on this website: 101332556

Location: St Kew, Cornwall, PL30

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: St. Kew

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: St Kew

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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Description


SX 07 NW ST KEW ST KEW
5/223 Gate-piers and holy well 120m to
- south east of Trescobel
GV II
Gate piers with flanking walls and adjoining holy well house. Circa 1890's when the
holy well was rebuilt by Rev. N.T. Every, Vicar of St. Kew. Ashlar walls and piers;
the well house is stone rubble and brick.
Entrance gateway with pair of gate-piers and flanking quadrant walls with terminal
piers. The holy well is partly incorporated into and behind the left hand wall.
Pair of ashlar gate-piers, square-on-plan with pyramidal granite caps. Flanking
ashlar quadrant walls with granite coping, terminating in square piers also with
granite pyramidal caps. The well house is behind the left hand wall; of stone rubble
with a brick basket arch opening with a plank door and a timber cross above. The
well opening is square-on-plan.
The gateway is situated at the main entrance to the former Rectory and the Vicar Rev.
N.T. Every rebuilt the holy well in his garden partly incorporating it into the
entrance gateway.
Lane-Davies, A Holy Wells of Cornwall Rp 1970
Meyrick, J A pilgrims guide to the Holy Wells of Cornwall, 1982


Listing NGR: SX0234476780

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