Donkey Wheel About 70 Metres North West of Hollingbourne House is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Donkey wheel.
Donkey Wheel About 70 Metres North West of Hollingbourne House
- WRENN ID
- secret-column-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Donkey wheel
- OS grid reference
- TQ 854 560
- Coordinates
- 51.27352, 0.65747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Donkey Wheel, located about 70 metres north-west of Hollingbourne House, is a 19th-century wooden structure. It features a horizontal, spoked wooden drum mounted on a vertical wooden shaft, with a brake shaft positioned towards the base. The wheel is connected by a wooden frame to a well head situated approximately 3 metres to the south.
Local climate
Donkey Wheel About 70 Metres North West of Hollingbourne House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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