Gosfield Hall, Horse Gin Approximately 20 Metres North West of North West Corner of Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. A C19 Horse gin.
Gosfield Hall, Horse Gin Approximately 20 Metres North West of North West Corner of Hall
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Horse gin
- OS grid reference
- TL 774 297
- Coordinates
- 51.93831, 0.58046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Horse Gin at Gosfield Hall, built in the 19th century, is located approximately 20 meters northwest of the northwest corner of the Hall. It features a timber frame set on a 2-foot red brick plinth and is topped with a hipped octagonal red tiled roof that has lead ridging. The wall framing includes V bracing to the uprights, and the roof is supported by a king post with a moulded capital. The main shaft is a vertical octagonal wooden structure, with down braces leading to the wheel shafts. There are iron braces for four timber harness shafts, and a complete harness loop with chains. Inside a low brick protection wall is the driving wheel, which includes cogs and pins. The shaft extends underground to an adjacent well.
Local climate
Gosfield Hall, Horse Gin Approximately 20 Metres North West of North West Corner of Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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