Wellhead to North of Beehive Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1987. Wellhead.
Wellhead to North of Beehive Cottage
- WRENN ID
- calm-marble-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1987
- Type
- Wellhead
- Address
- Wellhead to North of Beehive Cottage, the Ling, Wortham
- OS grid reference
- TM 090 793
- Coordinates
- 52.37212, 1.06893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wellhead located to the north of Beehive Cottage dates from the 19th century and is constructed of red brick in a header bond pattern. The circular walling of the well rises and tapers to a domical head. There is an opening facing Beehive Cottage that features a boarded door with strap hinges. Inside, there is an iron axle with a chain attached to a bucket. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Wellhead to North of Beehive Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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