Description

WHITSTONE WHITSTONE HEAD
SX 29 NE
7/98 Well House about 10 metres
south east of Church of St
Anne

II

Well-house. Probably 1882 by Samuel Hooper of Hatherleigh (q.v. parish church),
incorporating circa C15 masonry. Polyphant and granite ashlar with granite coping
and granite inscription. Slatestone rubble tunnel vault with 2-centred freestone
niche on inner rear wall. Gabled well house set into churchyard bank. 4-centred
pointed chamfered opening has "Sancta Anna" carved in relief above. Trefoil-
headed niche in gable. Granite coping decorated with fleurons looks C15 as does
base of cross at apex. Unmoulded niche on inner rear wall, possibly C15, has
crudely carved head projecting above apex.

Listing NGR: SX2631598594

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435194

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)