Spring head, Belstone

Historic England's listing for the spring head at SX 620 935, Belstone (list entry 1106122, listed Grade II on 4 March 1988) describes a spring head that may be medieval or earlier. It is built of undressed granite blocks and terraced into the hillside. It is walled on three sides, roofed with a large slab and open on the north-east, and a natural spring still rises there. It lies in the parish of Belstone, about 0.8 km west of Ivy Tor and 2.2 km west of Sticklepath.

No definite history is known for it, and its crude construction makes the date of the surviving structure hard to judge. A track is shown leading to and from the spring on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (1885), which suggests it was in use then. Historic England lists it for the survival of original and possibly medieval fabric, its position where a domestic settlement meets a large area of open grazing, its link with a range of interesting listed and unlisted buildings and structures, and its contribution to the landscape. The structure is at SX 62023 93468.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1106122 (Grade II, 1988), which cites the Living Spring source archive (people.bath.ac.uk/liskmj/living-spring/sourcearchive/fs9/fs9lh1.htm, accessed 7 July 2007).

• Status: Listed building (Historic England list entry 1106122)

Historic England listed designation: Spring Head at SX 620 935