Well, Wellhead Gear And Wellhouse

The well, wellhead gear, and wellhouse were built in 1872 by the Darton family of Temple Dinsley, created during a summer when local ponds had dried up. The well is said to be 226 feet deep but is now capped off. The octagonal wellhouse is open at the sides and features a steep, pointed octagonal slate roof supported by eight stout oak posts, which are raised on concrete pads from an octagonal Yorkstone step.

The cast iron gear is arranged east-west over the top of the well. It includes a rectangular openwork moulded iron trestle with battered ends, and longitudinal bars at half height that support a lower axle. There is another axle near the top with a top member that sweeps up in a segmental curve. Moulded braces support the lower bar and intersect as cross-bracing to the upper panel. The mechanism features two large flywheels, each four feet in diameter, with handles at either end of the lower axle. A cog with 15 teeth engages a gear with 96 teeth on the upper axle, which also carries a flanged iron drawing pulley. Additionally, there is a larger gear with 60 teeth on the lower axle, the purpose of which is unclear. The roof is constructed from softwood and features a king-post design.