Description

SW 63 SE SITHNEY

5/261 Well and stile SW 660301 at
- Trannack Farmhouse

II

Well with nearby trough, and a stile, all part of a Cornish hedge. Granite rubble
and dressed granite.
Built into the north side of a stone and earth wall (a Cornish hedge) is a D plan
well chamber with rubble walls and roofed with granite lintels, at from approximately
2 metres to the right (west) is a cantilevered granite stile constructed of granite
monoliths set into the hedge.
The well house has 3 partly dressed stones framing a small doorway facing north (and
facing Trannack Farmhouse). There are holes drilled into the jambs presumably for
hanging and fastening a door. Between the well house and the stile is an old granite
trough standing on former staddle stones.
Farm well houses are rare in Cornwall and this example is well preserved.

Listing NGR: SW6603430085

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454620

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