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St Anne's Well Head and Drinking Bowl

A Grade II Listed Building in Caversham, Reading

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4698 / 51°28'11"N

Longitude: -0.9767 / 0°58'36"W

OS Eastings: 471174

OS Northings: 175032

OS Grid: SU711750

Mapcode National: GBR QK8.QK

Mapcode Global: VHDWT.1B03

Plus Code: 9C3XF29F+W8

Entry Name: St Anne's Well Head and Drinking Bowl

Listing Date: 14 December 1978

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1321915

English Heritage Legacy ID: 39130

ID on this website: 101321915

Location: Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG4

County: Reading

Electoral Ward/Division: Caversham

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Reading

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire

Church of England Parish: Caversham Thameside and Mapledurham

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

Tagged with: Architectural structure

Description


PRIEST HILL 1. 5128 St Anne's Well-head and drinking bowl SU 7175 10/280 II 2. Date not ascertained. Probably of mediaeval origins, present structure probably mid C19. Now dry. The well-head is a circular brick structure with a stone tablet and drinking fountain and is early C20. A tablet states that the well was formerly a place of pilgrimage on account of the supposed healing properties of the water. Disused drinking bowl below tablet. The well-head is covered by a grille of iron bars (oval in section) and crowned with an iron cross. Stepped base.

Listing NGR: SU7117475032

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