Well Head Gear and Housing About 5 Metres North West of Well House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. A 19th century Well house.

Well Head Gear and Housing About 5 Metres North West of Well House

WRENN ID
ragged-spindle-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1986
Type
Well house
Period
19th century
OS grid reference
TL 301 149
Coordinates
51.81812, -0.11282
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The well head gear and housing, located about 5 meters northwest of the Well House in Bramfield, dates from the mid to late 19th century. It features an iron and timber mechanism housed in an open square timber structure topped with a pyramidal tiled roof. The winding gear is hand-operated, consisting of a large outer handle that turns a small cog wheel on the lower axle. This engages a larger cog wheel on the upper axle, which has a central timber wheel over which the lifting rope passes. The Well House itself is not listed.

Local climate

Well Head Gear and Housing About 5 Metres North West of Well House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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