Well Head Gear and Housing About 10 Metres North East of Westmill is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Well head gear and housing.
Well Head Gear and Housing About 10 Metres North East of Westmill
- WRENN ID
- secret-glass-solstice
- 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 head gear and housing
- OS grid reference
- TL 338 163
- Coordinates
- 51.82963, -0.05856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The well head gear and housing, located about 10 meters northeast of Westmill, dates from the mid to late 19th century. It features an iron and timber mechanism set on a small timber frame, with lower brick infill and a small tiled gabled head. The well head winding gear is hand operated, utilizing a large outer handle that turns a small cogwheel on the lower axle. This cogwheel engages a larger cogwheel on the upper axle, which has a central timber wheel covered with iron plates, over which the lifting rope passes.
Local climate
Well Head Gear and Housing About 10 Metres North East of Westmill 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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