The Winding House, near Naishcombe House, Wick Quarry is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. Winding house.
The Winding House, near Naishcombe House, Wick Quarry
- WRENN ID
- worn-rampart-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Winding house
- Address
- The Winding House, near Naishcombe House, Wick Quarry, Wick and Abson
- OS grid reference
- ST 707 732
- Coordinates
- 51.45721, -2.42307
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Winding House, located near Naishcombe House at Wick Quarry, is a winding house dating from around 1895, built for an ochre works. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a corrugated-iron sheet roof with gabled ends. This small, single-storey square building has battered stone side walls that support a gable-ended roof. The north end is open, while the south end has double doors.
Inside, the side walls support a winding drum made of iron and timber, which includes a brake on the side. Wick Ochre Works, established by Burgess and Co. around 1895, is represented by this winding house, which is the only remaining structure from the works. It is situated at the top of a dramway that connects the quarries to the processing works in the valley below. This winding house is a rare example of a building associated with the pigment industry.
Local climate
The Winding House, near Naishcombe House, Wick Quarry receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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