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Wellhouse by Hen Ysgol

A Grade II Listed Building in Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2445 / 53°14'40"N

Longitude: -4.1495 / 4°8'58"W

OS Eastings: 256662

OS Northings: 374094

OS Grid: SH566740

Mapcode National: GBR JN33.ZZQ

Mapcode Global: WH541.7Q92

Plus Code: 9C5Q6VV2+Q5

Entry Name: Wellhouse by Hen Ysgol

Listing Date: 28 May 2003

Last Amended: 28 May 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81146

Building Class: Water Supply and Drainage

ID on this website: 300081146

Location: Set alongside the N side of Bro Llewellyn at the N end of the village of Llangegfan; directly to SE of Hen Ysgol.

County: Isle of Anglesey

Community: Cwm Cadnant

Community: Cwm Cadnant

Locality: Llandegfan

Built-Up Area: Menai Bridge

Traditional County: Anglesey

Tagged with: Well

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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.

Reasons for Listing

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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