Donkey Wheel Situated Approximately 60 Metres to South of Old Place is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Mechanical structure.
Donkey Wheel Situated Approximately 60 Metres to South of Old Place
- WRENN ID
- still-obsidian-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Mechanical structure
- OS grid reference
- TQ 349 258
- Coordinates
- 51.01603, -0.07775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The donkey wheel, located approximately 60 metres south of Old Place, dates from around 1884. It features a circular brick well with a cast iron wheel mechanism designed for attaching to a donkey. The donkey would tread on the brick-paved circular floor, which is approximately 15 feet in diameter, to raise water from the well. This structure is noted as a rare survival of its kind and holds group value with other garden features at Old Place.
Local climate
Donkey Wheel Situated Approximately 60 Metres to South of Old Place receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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