Wellhead at Walkern Hall (30 Metres to West of Gate to Walkern Garden) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. A N/A Wellhead.
Wellhead at Walkern Hall (30 Metres to West of Gate to Walkern Garden)
- WRENN ID
- burning-steeple-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- Wellhead
- Period
- N/A
- OS grid reference
- TL 300 247
- Coordinates
- 51.90635, -0.11139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wellhead at Walkern Hall, located 30 meters to the west of the gate to Walkern Garden, dates from the 18th century or earlier. It is made of white limestone set on a grey stone base. This wellhead features an elegant Italian style, with a weathered octagonal base measuring approximately 750 millimeters in diameter. The lower part is fluted, adorned with swags and pendants beneath four lion heads, all intricately carved in bold relief around an egg-and-dart rim. Additionally, there is a decorative wrought iron overthrow.
Local climate
Wellhead at Walkern Hall (30 Metres to West of Gate to Walkern Garden) 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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