Well-house and well at Staples Farmhouse (8 metres to South of entrance door) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. Well-house.
Well-house and well at Staples Farmhouse (8 metres to South of entrance door)
- WRENN ID
- veiled-rafter-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- Well-house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 2 September 2024 to update the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
TL 21 NE 5/2
ASTON RAFFIN GREEN LANE (east side) Well-house and well at Staples Farmhouse (8 metres to South of entrance door)
(Formerly listed as Well-house and well at Staples Cottage (8m to S of entrance door))
24.11.66
GV II
Well-house and well. C18 well house to older well now capped in concrete over red brick square curb. Oak timber-framed square wellhouse open at sides with a steep pyramid roof of old red tiles. About 3m x 3m on plan. A low-sided building approached up five brick steps from North. Curved braces support eaves from square corner posts. Roof rises with heavy corner rafters. Well-head of oak integrated with framework of wellhouse and has a large wooden hand-wheel with four spokes supported on a timber tresstle with brake lever. Long wooden drum spanning wellhead has an iron toothed wheel driven by gearing on the trestle, and has spokes to guide the rope. An unusual survival.
Listing NGR: TL2768919723
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