Wellhead Gear to West of Wortham House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1987. Wellhead gear.
Wellhead Gear to West of Wortham House
- WRENN ID
- final-pillar-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1987
- Type
- Wellhead gear
- Address
- Wellhead Gear to West of Wortham House, Rectory Road
- OS grid reference
- TM 087 786
- Coordinates
- 52.36619, 1.06524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wellhead gear located to the west of Wortham House dates from the 19th century and is made of cast iron. It features an A-frame design, with a handle on a large wheel that turns a small cog. This small cog engages a larger cog on an axle connected to a U-bend, which leads to a weighted pump shaft. The wellhead gear is included in the listing for its group value with Wortham House.
Local climate
Wellhead Gear to West of Wortham House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- No related consent applications matched
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