Definition of "well-house" [well-house]

• A room or small house built round a well, for dairy and other domestic uses. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Every castle ward has a multifarious life of its own, that goes on without fuss, in well-house, bakery, armoury, store and workshops, in two parallel disciplines, one military, one domestic."
• "While out in the grounds passing time, Bode hears a woman's voice echoing out of the well-house."
• "On entering well-house, Bode discovers that she is in the well."