The Hub
The Old Derry Hill Well House
The Poynder family of Hartham Park Corsham
The Poynder family of Hartham Park Corsham
The Poynder family of Hartham Park Corsham
The Well House at Old Derry Hill is a small circular timber frame structure incorporating a conical stone slate roof.
It dates from the end of the 19th century and was built by the Poynder Family of Hartham Park Corsham to provide shelter for the well that once supplied water to the surrounding cottages.
The water was piped down Old Derry Hill to The Well House from a spring higher up.
The Well House
The Poynder family of Hartham Park Corsham
The Poynder family of Hartham Park Corsham
The Poynder family also supplied near identical well houses at Biddestone, Colerne, and Hilmarton.
The verse inside the house reads:
Here quench your thirst and make in me
An emblem of true charity,
Who why my Bounty bestow,
Am neither heard nor seen to flow.
Repaid by fresh supplies from Heaven,
For every cup of water give.
The Poynder family of Hartham Park Corsham
Old Derry Hill in 1840 - before The Well House
Old Derry Hill in 1840 - before The Well House
Old Derry Hill in 1840 - before The Well House
Old Derry Hill in 1840 - before The Well House
1940's
Old Derry Hill in 1840 - before The Well House
1940's
1950's
Old Derry Hill in 1840 - before The Well House
1940's
2003
The Well House
The Well House
The Grade II listed building was adopted by Calne Without Parish Council in 2002. The well house was restored in 2002-2003.
