Wittington Winch is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1974. Winch.
Wittington Winch
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-rubblework-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1974
- Type
- Winch
- Address
- Wittington Winch, Medmenham
- OS grid reference
- SU 820 842
- Coordinates
- 51.55141, -0.81822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wittington Winch is an 18th-century winch located on the Thames Towpath in Medmenham. It was last used in 1774 when Hurley Lock was opened. The winch features a wooden capstan with a metal cap and metal tie bars connecting to five wooden arms. It is partially sunk into a pit and supported by two retaining beams. This winch was used to haul barges up the flash lock at Hurley Weir.
Local climate
Wittington Winch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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