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Wellhouse, Gronant

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfachraeth, Isle of Anglesey

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3374 / 53°20'14"N

Longitude: -4.5156 / 4°30'56"W

OS Eastings: 232601

OS Northings: 385225

OS Grid: SH326852

Mapcode National: GBR HM7W.69R

Mapcode Global: WH42B.LCXV

Plus Code: 9C5Q8FPM+XP

Entry Name: Wellhouse, Gronant

Listing Date: 19 December 2000

Last Amended: 19 December 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 24477

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300024477

Location: Located at the end of a long trackway leading off the NE side of the B5025, N of Llanfachraeth. The wellhouse is at the junction of the farmyard and house entrances.

County: Isle of Anglesey

Town: Holyhead

Community: Llanfachraeth

Community: Llanfachraeth

Traditional County: Anglesey

Tagged with: Well

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History

Picturesque wellhouse, built 1817 for Robert and Jane Bulkeley of Gronant.

Exterior

Circular wellhouse building, rubble-built, with a low entrance in the E side. The roof is corbelled using flat stone slabs. Surmounting the roof is a simple gritstone finial with '1817' and 'B' over 'R' and 'J'.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an early C19 wellhouse in picturesque style, prominently located at the entrance to the farmstead, and forming an important part of the farm group at Gronant.

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