Well and Wellhead to Rear of Mabbs Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Well.
Well and Wellhead to Rear of Mabbs Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- empty-pilaster-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Well
- Address
- Well and Wellhead to Rear of Mabbs Farmhouse, Longcroft Lane, Bovingdon
- OS grid reference
- TL 033 046
- Coordinates
- 51.73096, -0.50542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The well and wellhead located to the rear of Mabbs Farmhouse is a deep well, likely dating from the 16th century, with a wellhead from the 19th century made of cast iron. The wellhead features an elaborate design that includes a geared iron winding mechanism. It is supported by two triangular cast iron trestles, which hold a flanged winding wheel on an axle that is geared to a large circular flywheel. This flywheel has four serpentine spokes and a handle.
Local climate
Well and Wellhead to Rear of Mabbs Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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