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This well is now dry. The well-head is a circular brick structure with a stone tablet and drinking fountain and is from the early twentieth century. A tablet states that the well was formerly a place of pilgrimage on account of the supposed healing properties of the water. There is a disused drinking bowl below the tablet. The well-head is covered by a grille of iron (oval in section) and crowned with an iron cross. All are mounted on a stepped brick base.

Title

St Anne's Well Head and Drinking Bowl

Date

mid-19th C

Medium

brick & stone

Accession number

RG4_BC_S002

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Owner

Reading Borough Council

Custodian

Reading Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

14/12/78

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscription on marble plaque mounted in stone tablet: THE HOLY WELL OF ST ANNE / THE HEALING WATERS OF WHICH / BROUGHT MANY PILGRIMS TO / CAVERSHAM IN THE MIDDLE AGES

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Priest Hill, Caversham

RG4 7RZ

Located on a purpose-built site at the junction of Priest Hill and St Annes Road, surrounded by the fencing of adjacent housing.

Artist or maker

unknown artist

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