Donkey Wheel House 70 Yards to the South of Court Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1984. Water-tower.
Donkey Wheel House 70 Yards to the South of Court Lodge
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1984
- Type
- Water-tower
- OS grid reference
- TQ 611 592
- Coordinates
- 51.30941, 0.31001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Donkey Wheel House, located 70 yards to the south of Court Lodge, is a mid-19th century building that serves as a donkey-wheel house and water tower, also referred to as the 'Round House'. The structure is octagonal in shape, built from red brick, and features a pitched slate roof. It stands 2½ storeys tall and has round windows on the north-east, north-west, south-east, and south-west sides, with sash windows on the other four sides. All sides have shallow louvres beneath the eaves. The entrance door, located on the south side, has a gauged arched head. On the north side, there is an open tank with a brick abutment wall and a pipe leading to a tank located under the roof of the building. Inside, the building retains a cogged horizontal wheel with an attached harness, as well as the complete pumping machinery connected to a well below. There is also a water tank situated in the roof.
Local climate
Donkey Wheel House 70 Yards to the South of Court Lodge receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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