Listed Building: ST ETHELBURGA'S WELL AND WALL TO NORTH AND SOUTH (1242250)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1418, 4, 165
Date assigned 30 July 1975
Date last amended

Description

TR 14 SE LYMINGE WELL ROAD (east side) 4/165 30.7.1975 St Ethelburga's Well and Wall to north and south II Well-house and shelter. 1898, with possibly slightly earlier base, built over a spring said to have supplied Lyminge with water from Roman times until 1905. Rectangular two-storey structure, its west side built against an almost vertical slope. Red brick, slightly more textured to lower half. Round-headed archway with impost-level plat band, giving access to spring at base of well-house on north side. Timber-framed shelter with gabled plain tile roof, at road level, housing an iron pump, installed to raise water from spring to road. Wrought iron gate to road. Tie-beam dated 1898. Ragstone retaining wall, rising about one metre above road level, extending north for about 39 metres and south for about 26 metres. Listing NGR: TR1619240854

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1616 4091 (point)
Map sheet TR14SE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish LYMINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Feb 6 2024 9:03AM