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Well House at Abbey Farm

A Grade II Listed Building in Llantysilio, Denbighshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9895 / 52°59'22"N

Longitude: -3.1895 / 3°11'22"W

OS Eastings: 320248

OS Northings: 344241

OS Grid: SJ202442

Mapcode National: GBR 6X.HRQK

Mapcode Global: WH783.Z3CZ

Plus Code: 9C4RXRQ6+R5

Entry Name: Well House at Abbey Farm

Listing Date: 22 April 1998

Last Amended: 22 April 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19686

Building Class: Water Supply and Drainage

ID on this website: 300019686

Location: The well house is built into the embankment of the road by Abbey Farm, facing the lane leading to Valle Crucis.

County: Denbighshire

Town: Llangollen

Community: Llantysilio

Community: Llantysilio

Locality: Valle Crucis

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Well

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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.

Reasons for Listing

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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Other nearby listed buildings

  • I Valle Crucis Abbey
    The abbey lies in the lower Eglwyseg valley between the main road and the river, approximately 0.9km N of Llangollen.
  • II Cottage at Valle Crucis Abbey
    The building is set between the abbey ruins and the river, south of the abbey fishponds.
  • I Pillar of Eliseg
    The pillar is raised on a tumulus, approximately 50m from the road, and 400m N of Valle Crucis Abbey
  • II Maes-y-llyn Farm Building
    The building stands against and at right angles to the main Horseshoe Pass road, approximately 170m N of the Pillar of Eliseg.
  • II Pentrefelin Tramway Viaduct
    The viaduct crosses the valley of the River Eglwyseg immediately NE of the junction of the A542 and the B5103 at Pentrefelin.
  • II Pentrefelin House
    The house stands above the canal and River Dee, at the junction of the Horseshoe Pass road with the B5103 Rhewl Road.
  • II Pentrefelin (Afon Eglwyseg) Aquaduct
    Located in Pentrefelin, near the junction of the A542 with the B5013, NNW of Llangollen.
  • II Ty Craig Canal Bridge
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