Lodge Spring

Lodge Spring
Location: Beside the drive to Hill House off Worcester Road.
Grid Reference: SO77524649

In the private grounds of Hill House, formerly The Lodge, Worcester Road, at the northerly entrance of the A449 into Great Malvern.

In the mid 19th century, at the height of the water cure, The Lodge was an elegant building of large apartments that were rented out for 'the season' to wealthy patients such as Charles Darwin. This picturesque spout is in a little recess on the left of the private driveway. The spring water continues to flow from the spout into a shell shaped basin and overflows into a grille below. In 2005 our Well Warden reported that during the enlargement of the nearby communications mast, bulldozer excavations just above this spout were threatening to destroy the spring supply. The Malvern Spa Association immediately informed the authorities of the dangers to the site and the District Council then insisted that the building work was continued by hand. It survives today as a result of these prompt actions to protect it. (RG 2007)