Listed Building record TQ 65 NW 150 - DONKEY WHEEL HOUSE 70 YARDS TO THE SOUTH OF COURT LODGE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6110 5923 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ65NW |
District | TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | WROTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ6059-6159 WROTHAM C.P. OLD LONDON ROAD 7/8 (west side)
Donkey-Wheel House 70 yards to the south of Court Lodge GV II
Donkey-wheel house and water-tower, known as the 'Round House'. Mid C19. Red brick, octagonal pitched slate roof. Octagonal in plan. 2½ storeys. Round windows in north-east, north-west, south-east and south-west sides, sashes in four other sides. Shallow louvres in all sides under eaves. Door with gauged arched head in south side. Open tank with brick abuttment wall on north side, with pipe leading to tank under roof of building. Interior: Cogged horizontal wheel with attached harness surviving as well as full pumping machinery to well below. Water tank in roof.
Listing NGR: TQ6110159232
(1)
In advance of planned renovation in 2011 a heritage statement was prepared. This detailed the history of the structure, included internal and external photographs and a short biography of Samuel Wyatt. (2)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> GLN (Wrotham) Ltd, 2011, Court Lodge, Wrotham: Heritage Statement (Unpublished document). SKE18130.
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Record last edited
Feb 11 2013 11:45AM