Wellhouse And Adjoining Root Arbour is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Wellhouse.
Wellhouse And Adjoining Root Arbour
- WRENN ID
- north-mantel-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Wellhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 78 NW DUNHAM MASSEY DUNHAM PARK
6/98 Wellhouse and adjoining root - arbour
G.V. II
Wellhouse, c.1720. Root arbour perhaps mid C18 or later. Flemish bond brickwork with stone dressings and stone slate roof. 2- storeys with cisterns on the upper floor and a well on the ground floor. 3 entrances on ground floor, one with segmental brick arched head and one (now blocked) with heavy stone surround and segmental head. Circular headed windows to each gable with stone surround. The interior is largely intact with manually operated twin wooden-cased suction pumps used for the domestic water supply to Dunham Hall (q.v.) until c.1860. The adjoining root arbour was formerly attached to the orangery (q.v.), is 5-sided and has arched openings in each side supported on tree trunks.
Listing NGR: SJ7355887552
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